مَعِطَ

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مَعِطَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun مَعَطٌ, He was, or became, without hair upon his body: and in like manner you say of a man's skin: and of a wolf, meaning his hair fell off by degrees, or part after part: but you should not say مَعِطَ شَعَرُهُ: [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, and تمعّط said of a wolf, his hair fell off: and إِمَّعَطَ , of the measure إِفْتَعَلَ, or [rather] إِنْفَعَلَ, said of a rope, &c., it became worn smooth.
2 See also 5.

def.2 مَعَطَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun مَعْطٌ, He plucked out hair [or wool] from the head of a sheep or goat.

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