مَرْتٌ

1.
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: plural of مَرْتٌ, أَمْرَاتٌ and مُرُوتٌ. (K.)
2.
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.)
3.
مَرْتٌ, (K,) or مَرْتٌ الحَاجِبِ, (S,) A man having no hair upon his eyebrows. (S, K.)
4.
مَرْتُ الجَسَدِ Having no hair upon his body. (TA.)

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