مَعِرَ

, [aorist مَعَرَ , verbal noun 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,) aorist مَعَرَ , (K,) verbal noun 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 article عر.

[Hence,] مَعِرَ, (TA,) or مَعِرَ مِنْ مَالِهِ, (A,) (tropical:) He became poor; (A, TA;) as also ↓ أَمْعَرَ, (S, A,) verbal noun إِمْعَارٌ; (TA;) or the latter, he became poor, and his travelling-provisions failed or became exhausted; as also ↓ معّر, verbal noun تَمْعِيرٌ. (K.)

[Hence also,] الأَرْضُ ↓ أَمْعَرَتِ (tropical:) The land became destitute of herbage: or its herbage became little, or scanty: (K:) opposite of أَمْرَعَت. (IKtt.)