م • ر • ت

, aor. مَرُتَ , inf. n. مُرُوتَةٌ, It (a tract, or land,) was, or became, what is termed مَرْتٌ. [See مُرُوتَةٌ.] مَرَتَ, aor. مَرِتَ , He rendered smooth. (A, K.) مَرَتَ الإِبِلَ, aor. مَرِتَ , He removed the camels from their place. (K.) مَرَتَ, [aor. مَرِتَ ] inf. n. مَرْتٌ, He broke [a thing]. (TA.) مَرَتَ الخُبْزَ فِى المَاءِ i. q. مَرَدَ: (Yaakoob:) or it is written مرث. (TA.)

[A certain fallen angel,] the companion of هَارُوتُ: (TA:) a foreign word; or from المُرُوتَة; (K;) or from المَرْتُ as signifying الكَسْرُ. (TA.)

A calamity; a misfortune. (K.) Some say, that it is formed from مَرْمَرِيسٌ, by the substitution of ت for س.

A waterless desert in which is no herbage: (S, K:) or a land in which no herbage grows: or, in which there is neither little [herbage] nor much: (TA:) or a land of which the soil does not become dry, and of which the pasture-grounds, or fields, do not produce herbage: (K:) or land in which is no herbage; even if it be rained upon: (TA:) as also ↓ مَرُوتٌ; and أَرْضٌ مَمْرُوتَةٌ: pl. of مَرْتٌ, أَمْرَاتٌ and مُرُوتٌ. (K.) أَرْضٌ مَرْتٌ, (TA,) and مَكَانٌ مَرْتٌ, (S, TA,) A land, and a place, that is desert, without water and without herbage. (TA.) You say أَرْضٌ مَرْتٌ and ↓ ارض مَرُوتٌ: but land that has been rained upon in the winter is not termed مرت, because the rain gives hope of its producing herbage. (TA.) مَرْتٌ, (K,) or مَرْتٌ الحَاجِبِ, (S,) A man having no hair upon his eyebrows. (S, K.) مَرْتُ الجَسَدِ Having no hair upon his body. (TA.)

(a subst. K.) [The condition of a land, or tract, such as is termed مَرْتٌ]: (S, K:) [or, accord. to Ibn-Maaroof, as stated by Golius, it is an inf. n.: if so, its verb is مَرُتَ].

: see art. خرت.