م • ع • ر

, [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.) 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. [Hence,] مَعِرَ, (TA,) or مَعِرَ مِنْ مَالِهِ, (A,) (tropical:) He became poor; (A, TA;) as also ↓ أَمْعَرَ, (S, A,) inf. n. إِمْعَارٌ; (TA;) or the latter, he became poor, and his travelling-provisions failed or became exhausted; as also ↓ معّر, inf. n. تَمْعِيرٌ. (K.) [Hence also,] الأَرْضُ ↓ أَمْعَرَتِ (tropical:) The land became destitute of herbage: or its herbage became little, or scanty: (K:) contr. of أَمْرَعَت. (IKtt.)

: fem. مَعْرَاءُ: 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.)

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 ↓ مَعْرَاءُ, a forelock (نَاصِيَة, K, or that of a horse, TA,) of which all the hair has gone. (K.) Hair, and plumage, and the like, little in quantity, or scanty; as also ↓ أَمْعَرُ: and the latter, hair falling off. (K.) [Hence,] (tropical:) A man who is niggardly, or avaricious, having little beneficence; (K;) unpropitious, mean, and hard, or difficult. (TA.) (assumed tropical:) A man having little flesh. (TA.) 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.)

: see مَعِرٌ.