[sphot-a] masculine [√sphut] bursting, split ting (intransitive); opening, unlocking; blister, pus tule; small fragment, chip (rare); roar, crash; indivisible creative word (philosophical term); eternal and imperceptible element in sounds and words regarded as the real vehicle of the sense (grammatical term); -ana, adjective cleaving, crushing; dispelling (doubt, --˚); masculine divider (a term applied to the vocalic sound heard between certain conjunct conso nants); neuter splitting, rending, breaking; waving (the arms); cracking (the fingers); -ita, causal perfect passive participle √sphut; neuter crackling.
Source: Macdonell