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أَمْعَطُ

Root: معط

Full Definition

أَمْعَطُ , applied to a man, Having no hair upon his body; or whose hair has fallen off; fem. مَعْطَآءُ: [and pl. مُعْطٌ:] and, applied to a wolf, whose hair has fallen off by degrees, or part after part: or, thus applied, mischievous, malignant, or foul: [see 1:] or whose hair has become scanty, or little: as also مَعِطٌ : and مَعْطَآءُ, 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.
2 لِصٌّ أَمْعَطُ A mischievous, malignant or foul, or wolf-like, thief, or robber; likened to the wolf termed امعط: pl. مُعْطٌ.
3 أَمْعَطُ applied to sand, and مَعْطَآءُ applied to a tract or collection of sand (رَمْلَةٌ), and to land (أَرْضٌ), and مُعْطٌ applied to sands (رِمَالٌ), also signify Destitute of herbage.
4 Also أَمْعَطُ [app. applied to sand or the like], Extended upon the face of the earth or ground.
5 And المَعْطَآءُ, as a subst., The pudendum; syn. السَّوْءَةُ.


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