Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مُسْتَمْطَرٌ ذ (tropical:) A man [ from whom beneficence, or bounty, is sought, or desired: and hence,] naturally disposed to beneficence, or bounty. (IAar, TA.) -A2- (tropical:) A place that is open and uncovered. (A, K.)

مُسْتَمْطِرٌ ذ [ Asking, begging, or praying, for rain. ― -b2- Hence,] (tropical:) Seeking, desiring, or demanding, beneficence, or bounty, (Lth, K,) from a man. (Lth.) You say, مَا أَنَا مِنْ حَاجَتِى عِنْدَكَ بِمُسْتَمْطِرٍ (tropical:) I am not covetous of obtaining from thee the object of my want. (IAar.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A place needing rain. (A, K.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Silent; not speaking [when spoken to, as though desiring that words should pour upon him like rain]. (K.) -A2- [One] on whom rain has fallen. (K.)

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مَظٌّ ذ The pomegranate-tree: (K:) or the wild pomegranate, (As, T, S, M,) or the wild pomegranate-tree: (Lth, M, K:) or a sort of pomegranate (IDrd) that grows in the mountains of the سَرَاة, not producing fruit, but only blossoms, (IDrd, K,) and these in abundance: (IDrd *) in its blossoms is honey, (K,) in abundance, (TA,) and they are sucked: (K:) it produces blossoms, but does not form fruit, and the bees eat them, and yield good honey therefrom: AHn says, it grows in the mountains, and produces many blossoms, but does not mature its produce, (لَا يُرَبِّى,) but its blossoms have much honey: (M:) it has fire-wood of the best quality, the most excellent thereof in yielding fire, and it is made to flame like candles: Es-Sukkaree says, it is the wild pomegranate, which bees eat, and it produces only leaves, having no pomegranates: the n. un. is with ة. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, i. q. دَمُ الأَخَوَيْنِ, which is the same as دَمُ الغَزَالِ, (AHeyth, K,) called in the present day القَاطِرُ المَكِّىُّ (TA) [ and قَطْرُ مَكَّةَ, i. e. the red, resinous, inspissated juice which we call dragon's blood. ] ― -b3- Also, The expressed juice of the roots of the أَرْطَى, (K, TA,) which are red, the tree itself being green, and which, when camels eat them, cause their lips to become red. (TA.) ― -b4- [Forskal, in his Flora, page ciii., mentions The dianthera trisulca as called in El-Yemen مض or مظ.]

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1 مَعَتَ ذ , aor. مَعَتَ , (inf. n. مَعْتٌ, TA,) He rubbed (K) a skin, or hide. (TA.)

1 مَعَجَ ذ , aor. مَعَجَ , inf. n. مَعْجٌ, He, or it, (a horse, and the wind, S, and a torrent, TA,) went quickly, or swiftly. (S, K.) See art. عمج. ― -b2- مَرَّ يَمْعَجُ He (a horse) went at an easy pace: (S:) and in like manner مَعَجَتْ she (a camel) went at an easy pace. (Th.) ― -b3- مَعَجَتِ الرِّيحُ, aor. مَعَجَ , inf. n. مَعْجٌ, The wind blew gently. (IAth.) ― -b4- الرِّيحُ تَمْعَجُ فِى النَّبَاتِ The wind turns over the herbage to the right and left. (IAth.) ― -b5- مَعَجَ فى سَيْرِهِ He inclined, in his course in every direction, by reason of his sprightliness. (TA.) ― -b6- مَعَجَ, aor. مَعَجَ , inf. n. مَعْجٌ, He affected various modes in running: he (a horse) pressed against one of the branches of the bit, and then against the other, now on the right and now on the left; [ inclining in his run now to the right and now to the left, by reason of his sprightliness: see مَعَّاجٌ]. (TA.) ― -b7- مَعَجَ الفَصِيلُ ضَرْعَ أُمِّهِ, (aor. مَعَجَ , inf. n. مَعْجٌ, TA,) The young weaned camel struck its head against its mother's udder, and inverted (as in the S, or opened, as in the K) its mouth around it, in order to suck: (S, K,) as also مَغَجَ. (TA, arts. معج and مغج.)

فَرَسٌ مَعُوجٌ ذ A swift horse. (S.) رِيحٌ مَعُوجٌ A wind swift in its course. (TA.) ― -b2- فَرَسٌ مَعُوجٌ, and ↓ مِمعَجٌ, A horse that often affects various modes in running: that often presses against one of the branches of the bit, and then against the other, now on the right and now on the left; [ inclining in his run now to the right and now to the left, by reason of his sprightliness ]. (TA.) [In like manner,] ↓ حِمَارٌ مَعَّاجٌ An ass that inclines in his run to the right and left by reason of his sprightliness. (TA.)

مَعَّاجٌ ذ and مِمْعَجٌ: see مَعُوجٌ.

1 مَعَدَهُ ذ , aor. مَعَدَ , (inf. n. مَعْدٌ; L,) and ↓ امتعدهُ; He snatched it unawares; seized it hastily when its owner was unawares: (L, K:) or he seized it and took it away; snatched it away; took it away quickly by force. (L.) ― -b2- Also, ↓ both verbs, He drew, or pulled, it: (L:) or drew, or pulled, it quickly. (S, L, K.) Ex. مَعَدَ الدَّلْوَ, and مَعَدَ بِهَا, and ↓ امتعدها, He drew up, or pulled up, the bucket: or drew, or pulled, it out, or forth, from the well. And مَعَدَ الرُّمْحَ and ↓ امتعدهُ, He pulled forth the spear from the place where it was stuck in the ground. And سَيْفَهُ ↓ امتعد He drew forth his sword from its scabbard. (L.) ― -b3- مَعَدَ بِهِ, aor. مَعَدَ , inf. n. مَعْدٌ and مُعُودٌ, He took it (a thing) away; carried it off; went away with it. (K.) ― -b4- Hence, مَعَدَ بِخُصْيَيْهِ He removed his testicles; (L, TA;) or he pulled them; as also مَعَدَ هُمَا. (Lh, L, TA.) ― -b5- مَعَدَهُ He took it (namely, flesh,) with his fore-teeth. (K.) ― -b6- مَعَدَهُ He plucked it out; namely, hair; as also مَغَدَهُ. (L.) -A2- مُعِدَ, (L, K,) and مَعِدَ, aor. مَعَدَ , inf. n. مَعْدٌ and مَعَدٌ, (IKtt,) He (a man, L,) had a diseased, or disordered, stomach, so that he did not find his food wholesome: (L, K:) or his stomach pained him. (Ibn-T reef.) ― -b2- مَعَدَهُ He, or it, hit, or hurt, his مَعِدَة, or stomach. (L, K.) -A3- مَعَدَ فِى الأَرْضِ, (aor. مَعَدَ , inf. n. مَعْدٌ and مُعُودٌ, L,) He went away journeying through the land, or earth. (S, L, K.)

8 اـِمْتَعَدَ see 1 in five places.

R. Q. 2 تَمَعْدَدَ ذ He assumed the garb, dress, habit, or external appearance, of the sons of Ma'add: mentioned also in art. عد [which see for other explanations not repeated here]: (K:) he endured with patience their mode of life in travel and in a fixed residence: (Lth, L:) and he subjected himself to a hard, or difficult life: said to be not derived from any other word. (L.) ― -b2- تَمَعْدَدَ He became numbered among the sons of Ma'add. (L.) ― -b3- It (a people or party) removed from Ma'add to El-Yemen, and then returned. (Lth, L.) ― -b4- (tropical:) He became big, bulky, gross, or coarse, and fat: (Lh, TA:) (tropical:) he (a boy) became big, bulky, gross, or coarse, and hard, and lost the freshness and tenderness of youth. (A.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) He (an emaciated man) began to become fat. (K.) ― -b6- He (assumed tropical:) (a sick man) became convalescent. (K.)

نَزْعٌ مَعْدٌ ذ A quick pulling up, or out, of the bucket from a well: (IAar, S, * L:) or a strong pulling up, or out; as though the bucket were pulled up from the bottom of the well: or a pulling up, or out, by means of the pulley, (L,) [and therefore quick]. -A2- مَعْدٌ Bigness; bulkiness; grossness; coarseness. (K.) ― -b2- Big; bulky; gross; coarse; (ISd, L, K,) and strong: (ISd:) applied to a thing. (ISd, L.) ― -b3- A quick, or swift, camel. (S, K.) ― -b4- Fresh, and soft, or tender; applied to a leguminous plant; (L, K;) fresh and juicy; applied to the same, (S,) and to fruit. (L, K.) ― -b5- رُطَبَةٌ مَعْدَةٌ, and ↓ مُتَمَعِّدَةٌ, A fresh and juicy ripe date. (L, K.) ― -b6- In the phrase بُسْرٌ ثَعْدٌ مَعْدٌ, معد signifies Fresh and soft or tender: (S, L:) or it is a mere imitative sequent, (S, L, K,) not used alone. (S, L.) See art. ثعد.

مَعْدَةٌ ذ , مِعْدَةٌ, مِعِدَةٌ: see مَعِدَةٌ.

مَعِدَةٌ ذ and مِعْدَةٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and مَعْدَةٌ and مِعِدَةٌ; (TA;) the first of which is the original form; (Msb, TA;) the second and third being contractions; and the fourth, as well as the others, mentioned by Expositors of the Fs.; (TA;) The stomach of a human being; the place in which is the food before it descends into the lower intesstines, or guts; (L, K;) in a man, what the كَرِش is in every ruminating animal; (S, L;) or in animals that have cloven hoofs, and such as have feet like those of the camel: (M, L, K:) accord. to ISd, from مَعْدٌ, applied to a thing, signifying “ strong, and big, bulky, gross, or coarse: ” (TA:) pl. مَعِدٌ (L, K) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n., of which مَعِدَةٌ is the n. un.,] and مِعَدٌ: (L, Msb, K:) the latter as though formed from مِعْدَةٌ. (L.)

مَعَدٌّ ذ The side (L, K) of a man, &c.: (L:) or, in a horse, the part of each side between the lower portion of the shoulder-blade and the extremity of the ribs, consisting of thick and compact flesh behind the shoulder-blade; the protuberance whereof is approved, because, when that part is narrow, it compresses the heart: (L:) or, in a horse, the part between the head of each shoulder-blade and the hinder extremity of the portion of flesh and sinew next the back-bone: (L, K:) and the flesh that is beneath the shoulderblade, (L, K,) or a little below it; which is the best of the flesh of the side: (L:) and the place of the horseman's heel: (L, K:) or the part of a beast of carriage which is the place of the rider's leg: (Lh, L:) and the belly: (Aboo-'Alee, L, K:) also, a vein in the part of a horse called مَنْسِج. (L, K.) See also art. عد.

مَاعِدٌ ذ : see what follows.

مِمْعَدٌ ذ (L, K) and ↓ مَاعِد (L) A wolf that runs quickly. (L, K.)

مَمْعُودٌ ذ A man having a diseased, or disordered, stomach, so that he does not find his food wholesome: (L:) having a bad stomach. (A.)

مُتَمَعِّدَةٌ ذ : see مَعْدٌ.

1 مَعِرَ ذ , [aor. مَعَرَ , inf. n. مَعَرٌ,] said of a man, (S,) and of the head, and of the tail, (TA,) His or its hair fell off; (S, TA;) as also ↓ تمعّر, said of the head: (TA:) and the former said of the head, its hair became little, or scanty. (TA:) and مَعِرَتْ, said of the forelock, (النَّاصِيَة, K,) or of that of a horse, (TA,) it lost all its hair: (K:) and مَعِرَ, said of a solid hoof, it lost the hair that hung down upon it from the fore part of the pastern. (TA.) ― -b2- مَعِرَ, (A, K,) aor. مَعَرَ , (K,) inf. n. مَعَرٌ, (S, TA,) said of hair, (S, A, K,) and of plumage, and the like, (K,) It fell off; (S, A;) as also ↓ تمعّر, said of hair: (S, A:) or it became little, or scanty; as also ↓ أَمْعَرَ: (K:) and, said of a finger-nail, or toe-nail, (tropical:) it came out, or fell out, (A, K,) in consequence of something befalling it, or hurting it. (K.) See مَعَرَّةٌ in art. عر. ― -b3- [Hence,] مَعِرَ, (TA,) or مَعِرَ مِنْ مَالِهِ, (A,) (tropical:) He became poor; (A, TA;) as also ↓ أَمْعَرَ, (S, A,) inf. n. اـِمْعَارٌ; (TA;) or the latter, he became poor, and his travelling-provisions failed or became exhausted; as also ↓ معّر, inf. n. تَمْعِيرٌ. (K.) ― -b4- [Hence also,] الأَرْضُ ↓ أَمْعَرَتِ (tropical:) The land became destitute of herbage: or its herbage became little, or scanty: (K:) contr. of أَمْرَعَت. (IKtt.)

2 مَعَّرَ see 1.

4 أَمْعَرَ see 1, in the three places. ― -b2- أَمْعَرْنَا (tropical:) We came upon a land destitute of herbage: (A, TA:) or we found dearth, scarcity, drought, or sterility: (TA:) and امعر القَوْمُ the people became afflicted with dearth, scarcity, drought, or sterility. (TA.) -A2- امعرت المَوَاشِى الأَرْضَ (tropical:) The beasts pastured upon the land, (i. e., its trees or herbs, TA,) and left no pasturage in it. (TS, L, K.) ― -b2- امعرهُ (assumed tropical:) He despoiled him of his property, (K, TA,) and reduced him to poverty. (TA.)

5 تَمَعَّرَ see 1, in two places.

مَعِرٌ ذ A man, (S,) and a head, (A,) whose hair is falling off, or has fallen off; (S, A;) as also ↓ أَمْعَرُ and ↓ مُتَمَعِّرٌ: (A:) or having little hair; (TA;) as also ↓ أَمْعَرُ: (S:) and the first and second, a camel's foot (خُفّ) of which the hair ( both شَعَر and وَبَر) has gone: and ↓ مَعْرَاآءُ, a forelock (نَاصِيَة, K, or that of a horse, TA,) of which all the hair has gone. (K.) ― -b2- Hair, and plumage, and the like, little in quantity, or scanty; as also ↓ أَمْعَرُ: and the latter, hair falling off. (K.) ― -b3- [Hence,] (tropical:) A man who is niggardly, or avaricious, having little beneficence; (K;) unpropitious, mean, and hard, or difficult. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A man having little flesh. (TA.) ― -b5- قَاعٌ مَعِرٌ, and أَرْضٌ مَعِرَةٌ, (tropical:) A plain, and land, destitute of herbage: (A:) or the latter, accord. to Yaakoob, land having little herbage: and ↓ مَكَانٌ أَمْعَرُ a place having little herbage. (S.)

أَمْعَرُ ذ : fem. مَعْرَاآءُ: see مَعِرٌ, throughout. -A2- Also, of a solid hoof, (assumed tropical:) The hair that hangs down upon it (K, TA) from the fore part of the pastern: because it has a disposition to fall off. (TA.)

مُتَمَعِّرٌ ذ : see مَعِرٌ.

1 مَعِزَ الشَّىْءُ ذ , [and مَعِزَتِ الأَرْضُ, accord. to the explanation of the inf. n. in the S,] aor. مَعَزَ , (TK,) inf. n. مَعَزٌ, (S, K, TK,) The thing [and the ground ] was, or became, hard. (S, * K, * TK.) -A2- مَعِزَ said of a man: see 4. -A3- مَعَزْتُ المِعْزَى, وَضَأَنْتُ الضَّأْنَ, aor. مَعَزَ , I set apart the goats from the sheep. (K.)

4 امعز ذ He, (a man, A,) or it, (a people, S,) became abundant in goats; his or its, goats became abundant, or numerous; (S, A, K;) as also, ↓ مَعِزَ, aor. مَعَزَ , (K,) inf. n. مَعَزٌ. (TK.)

مَعْزٌ ذ , and ↓ مَعَزٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) gen. ns., (S, Msb,) [or rather quasi-pl. ns., signifying Goats; ] the kind of غَنَم opposed to ضَأْنٌ; (S, A, K;) the kind of عَنَم that have hair; (Msb, TA;) the ضأْن being those that have wool; (TA;) as also ↓ مِعْزًى, (S, Msb, K,) accord. to Sb, (S,) with tenween, (S, Msb,) when indeterminate, (Msb,) and perfectly decl., (S,) the ا [which is written ى] being a letter of quasicoördination, not a characteristic of the fem. gender, (S, Msb,) for the word is quasi-coördinate to دِرْهَمٌ, of the measure فِعْلَلٌ; for the ا of quasi-coördination follows the same rules as a letter belonging to the word itself, as is shown by their saying ↓ مُعَيْزٍ and أُرَيْطٍ [originally مُعَيْزِىٌ and أُرَيْطِىٌ] as the dim. forms of مِعْزًى and أَرْطًى with tenween, the letter next after the ى of diminution being with kesr, like as they say دُرَيْهِمٌ; for if the ا were to denote the fem. gender they would not change it into ى [in مُعَيْزِىٌ, the original form of مُعَيْزٍ,] like as they do not change it in the dims. of حُبْلَى and أَخْرَى [which are حُبَيْلَى and أُخَيْزَى]: (S:) it is sometimes made fem., [by being written or pronounced مِعْزَاةٌ,] and sometimes it is made imperfectly decl. [and therefore without tenween]: (K:) Fr says, that it is [itself] fem., but that some make it masc. [and therefore with tenween]: but A 'Obeyd says, that most of the Arabs pronounce ذِفْرَى without tenween, while some of them pronounce it with tenween, whereas all of them pronounce مِعْزًى with tenween: (S:) IAar says, that it is perfectly decl. when likened to the measure مِفْعَلٌ, and imperfectly decl. when held to accord. with the measure فِعْلَى: (TA:) accord. to Aboo-'Amr, Ibn-El-'Alà, it is from مَعَزٌ, [inf. n. of مَعِزَ,] and in like manner ذِفْرَى is from ذَفَرٌ: (As, S:) ↓ مَعِيزٌ also signifies the same as مَعْزٌ, (S, A, K,) or is pl. of مَعْزٌ, [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] like as عَبِيدٌ is of عَبْدٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ أُمْعُوزٌ also is syn. with مَعْزٌ, (S, K,) and so are ↓ مِعَازٌ (K) and ↓ مِعْزَاآءٌ: (Sgh, K:) [respecting أُمْعُوزٌ, see also below:] مَعْزٌ [as well as its syns. mentioned above, like all quasi-pl. ns., is sometimes masc., but generally] is fem.: (Msb:) a male is called ↓ مَاعِزٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and so a female; (Msb, K;) or a female is called ↓ مَاعِزَةٌ (S, A, TA) [and ↓ مَعْزَةٌ (M, voce شَرْقَاآءُ)] and ↓ مِعْزَاة; (TA;) and شَاةٌ [or rather شَاةٌ مِنَ المَعْزِ] is also used as a sing., (Msb,) and is applied to a male and to a female: (Msb, art. شوه:) [see also ظَبْىٌ:] أَمْعُزٌ is a pl. [of pauc.] of مَعْزٌ, like as أَعْبُدٌ is of عَبْدٌ: (Msb:) the pl. of ↓ مَاعِزٌ, (K,) or of مَاعِزَةٌ, (S,) is مَوَاعِزُ; (S, K;) and ↓ مِعَازٌ and ↓ أُمْعُوزٌ are said to be quasi-pl. ns. (TA.) The goats of the Arabs of the desert have short hair, not long enough to be spun; but the goats of the cold countries, and of the people of the fertile regions, have abundant hair, and of this the Akrád [or Kurds] fabricate their tents. (T in art. بنى.) See also تَدْمُرِىٌّ in art. دمر; and see ضَائِنٌ in art. ضأن.

مَعْزَةٌ ذ : see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزًى ذ : see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزَاآءٌ ذ : see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزَاةٌ ذ a fem. sing. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (TA.)

مِعَازٌ ذ : see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مَعِيزٌ ذ : see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مُعَيْزٍ ذ dim. of مِعْزْى, syn. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (Sb, S.)

مَعَّازٌ ذ A possessor, or master, of مِعْزًى [or goats ]. (S, K.)

مَاعِزٌ ذ and مَاعِزَةٌ sings. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (S, K. *) ― -b2- The former also signifies Goats' skin. (S, K.)

أَمْعَزُ ذ , and its fem. مَعْزَاآءُ, applied respectively to a place (مَكَانٌ) and to land or ground (أَرْضٌ), (tropical:) Hard, (S, K,) and abounding with pebbles: (S:) or both, [used as substs.,] rugged and stony ground: (A:) or a place abounding with pebbles, and hard: or the latter, small pebbles: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) thus A 'Obeyd explains a sing. as having a pl. signification: (TA:) or the latter, a desert, (صَحْرَاآء) in which is elevation and ruggedness, consisting of soil, or clay, and pebbles, mixed together, but hard ground, rough to the tread: (ISh, TA:) pl. مُعْزٌ, (K,) [a pl. of each as an epithet, or of each used as a subst.,] because imagined to have the character of an epithet; (TA;) and أَمَاعِزُ, [a pl. of the former,] because the character of a subst. predominates in it; and مَعْزَاوَاتٌ, a pl. of the latter. (TA.)

أُمْعُوزٌ ذ : see its syn. مَعْزٌ. ― -b2- It also signifies, (K,) or is said to signify, (S,) A herd of gazelles, (S, K,) in number from thirty to forty; (S, TA;) or from thirty upwards: or a number of buckgazelles collected together: (TA:) or a number of أَوْعَال [or mountain-goats ] collected together: (A, K:) or of اوعال such as are termed ثَيَاتِل: (Az, TA:) pl. أَمَاعِيزُ and أَمَاعِزُ. (K.)

1 مَعِطَ ذ , (S, K,) aor. مَعَطَ , (K,) inf. n. مَعَطٌ, (S,) He (a man) was, or became, without hair upon his body: (S:) and in like manner you say of a man's skin: (TA:) and of a wolf, meaning his hair fell off by degrees, or part after part: but you should not say مَعِطَ شَعَرُهُ: (S:) [but see 5:] or, said of a wolf, it signifies he was, or became, mischievous, malignant, or foul; syn. خَبُثَ: or his hair became scanty, or little, (K,) and ↓ تمعّط said of a wolf, his hair fell off: (Mgh, Msb:) and ↓ اـِمَّعَطَ, (S, K,) of the measure اـِفْتَعَلَ, or [rather] اـِنْفَعَلَ, (accord. to different copies of the K,) said of a rope, (S, K,) &c., (S,) it became worn smooth. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 5. -A2- مَعَطَ, aor. مَعَطَ , (K,) inf. n. مَعْطٌ, (TA,) He plucked out hair [or wool] (K, TA,) from the head of a sheep or goat. (TA.)

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.

7 اـِمَّعَطَ ذ , [said in the S, and in one place in a copy of the K, to be of the measure اـِنْفَعَلَ]: see 1: ― -b2- and 5.

8 امتعط ذ and اـِمَّعَطَ [which latter is said in one place in the copies of the K, to be of the measure اـِفْتَعَلَ]: see 5: ― -b2- and for the latter, see also 1.

مَعِطٌ ذ : see أَمْعَطُ.

أَبُو مُعْطَةَ ذ The wolf: (K:) a gen. proper name thereof; similar to ذُؤَالَةُ and أُسَامَةُ and ثُعَالَةُ. (TA.)

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.)

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1 مَغَثَ ذ , (S,) aor. مَغُثَ , (TK,) inf. n. مَغْثٌ, (K,) He steeped, soaked, or macerated, a thing in water, and rubbed it with the fingers; he steeped it in water, and mashed it with the hand; (TA;) he steeped, and mashed with the hand, medicine in water; syn. مَرَثَ. (S, K. *) ― -b2- مَغَثَ المَطَرُ الكَلَأَ inf. n. مَغْثٌ, The rain fell upon the herbage, and rendered it yellow, and bad-tasted, and laid it prostrate. (TA.) ― -b3- مَغَثَ, [aor. مَغُثَ ,] He submerged, or immersed, him, or it, in water. (K.) ― -b4- مُغِثَ He was affected by a fever. (TA.) ― -b5- مَغَثَتْهُ الحُمَّى The fever attacked him; or pained him. (TA.) ― -b6- مَغَثُوهُ, [aor. مَغُثَ ,] (S,) inf. n. مَغَثٌ, (K,) They beat him lightly, (S, K, *) as though they shook him about (كَأَنَّهُمْ تَلْتَلُوهُ). (S.) ― -b7- مَغَثَ عِرْضَهُ, (inf. n. مَغْثٌ, K,) He defamed him; disgraced him; dishonoured him; (S, K;) aspersed him by reviling. (TA.) ― -b8- مَغَثَهُمْ بِشَرٍّ He did evil to them. (TA.)