معط

5 تمعّط ذ It (hair, S, Msb, [in the TA, الرجل is inadvertently put for الشعر, and copied in the TK, with the addition of شعره in the explanation,]) fell off by degrees, or part after part, (S, Msb, K, TA,) upon the ground, (TA,) by reason of disease, (S, K, TA,) or the like; (S;) as also ↓ امتعط, (S,) and ↓ اـِمَّعَطَ, (S, K,) of the measure اـِفْتَعَلَ, (K,) or [rather] of the measure اـِنْفَعَلَ [originally اـِنْمَعَطَ]: (S:) and [accord. to some, but see 1, above,] ↓ مَعِطَ, aor. مَعَطَ , (Msb,) inf. n. مَعَطٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) it (hair) fell off. (Mgh, Msb.) You say also, تَمَعَّطَتْ أَوْبَارُهُ His fur became scattered. (K, TA) ― -b2- See also 1.