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مرت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَرْتٌ ذ A waterless desert in which is no herbage: (S, K:) or a land in which no herbage grows: or, in which there is neither little [ herbage ] nor much: (TA:) or a land of which the soil does not become dry, and of which the pasture-grounds, or fields, do not produce herbage: (K:) or land in which is no herbage; even if it be rained upon: (TA:) as also ↓ مَرُوتٌ; and أَرْضٌ مَمْرُوتَةٌ: pl. of مَرْتٌ, أَمْرَاتٌ and مُرُوتٌ. (K.) ― -b2- أَرْضٌ مَرْتٌ, (TA,) and مَكَانٌ مَرْتٌ, (S, TA,) A land, and a place, that is desert, without water and without herbage. (TA.) You say أَرْضٌ مَرْتٌ and ↓ ارض مَرُوتٌ: but land that has been rained upon in the winter is not termed مرت, because the rain gives hope of its producing herbage. (TA.) ― -b3- مَرْتٌ, (K,) or مَرْتٌ الحَاجِبِ, (S,) A man having no hair upon his eyebrows. (S, K.) ― -b4- مَرْتُ الجَسَدِ Having no hair upon his body. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مَرْتٌ
  1. 1.
أَرْضٌ مَمْرُوتَةٌ
أَرْضٌ مَرْتٌ
مَكَانٌ مَرْتٌ
مَرْتٌ الحَاجِبِ
مَرْتُ الجَسَدِ