شفط

From the root ش ف ط (š f ṭ), to be juxtaposed with the roots س ف ط (s f ṭ) and specifically سَفَطَ (safaṭa), س ف ف (s f f) and ش ف ف (š f f), all meaning ”to take something into one's mouth”, ”to lick up”; “to render lean or emaciate”, “to leave emptied or exhausted”; both roots feature the meaning “to drink up much water”. The /ط/ stems perhaps from a dialectal alteration of verb form VIII إشْتَفَّ (ʔištaffa, “to drink all that is in a vessel, drinking to last drop, to drink without satisfying