معط

أَمْعَطُ ذ , applied to a man, Having no hair upon his body; (S, K;) or whose hair has fallen off; fem. مَعْطَاآءُ: (Msb:) [and pl. مُعْطٌ:] and, applied to a wolf, whose hair has fallen off by degrees, or part after part: (S:) or, thus applied, mischievous, malignant, or foul: [see 1:] or whose hair has become scanty, or little: as also ↓ مَعِطٌ: (K:) and مَعْطَاآءُ, applied to a she-wolf, has the former of the last two significations: and, applied to a ewe, it signifies whose wool has fallen off. (TA.) ― -b2- لِصٌّ أَمْعَطُ (tropical:) A mischievous, malignant or foul, or wolf-like, thief, or robber; (S, * L;) likened to the wolf termed امعط: pl. مُعْطٌ. (S, L.) ― -b3- أَمْعَطُ applied to sand, (K,) and مَعْطَاآءُ applied to a tract or collection of sand (رَمْلَةٌ), (TA,) and to land (أَرْضٌ), (K,) and مُعْطٌ applied to sands (رِمَالٌ), (K,) also signify (tropical:) Destitute of herbage. (K, TA.) ― -b4- Also أَمْعَطُ [app. applied to sand or the like], Extended upon the face of the earth or ground. (TA.) ― -b5- And المَعْطَاآءُ, (IAar, K,) as a subst., (IAar,) The pudendum; syn. السَّوْءَةُ. (IAar, K.)