وَعْرٌ

Rugged; opposite of سَهْلٌ: (A, K:) or difficult: (Msb:) applied to a place, (TA,) and a road, (A,) and a mountain: (S, Msb:) as also ↓ وَعِرٌ, (A, K, or, according to As, this latter is not allowable, (S,) and F's assertion, that this which is said in the S is nothing, being a negation of a negation without evidence, is a thing unheard of, MF,) and ↓ وَاعِرٌ and وَعِيرٌ and ↓ أَوْعَرُ: (K:) and plain with ruggedness: and a mountain rugged, and difficult of ascent: and a place inspiring fear, and desolate: (TA:) plural أَوْعُرٌ, (K,) a plural [of pauc.] of وَعْرٌ, (TA,) and وُعُورٌ, (A, K,) a plural of mult. [of the same], (TA,) and وُعُورَةٌ, (A,) [of the same,] and أَوْعَارٌ, (A, K,) a plural [of pauc.] of وَعِرٌ and وِعِيرٌ. (TA.)

Applied to a place where a thing is sought, (مَطْلَبٌ, S, and Msb) (assumed tropical:) Difficult [of access]. (Msb.)

Also, applied to a thing, (tropical:) Little, or scanty. (A, TA.) And you say, فُلَانٌ وَعْرُ المَعْرُوفِ, meaning, (tropical:) Such a one has little goodness, beneficence, or kindness. (S, A, K.)

It is also an imitative sequent to قَلِيلٌ; (S, K;) [but in this case it is only a corroborative;] and to وَتْحٌ: (S:) and so is ↓ وَعِرٌ to مَعِرٌ, in the phrase شَعَرٌ مَعِرٌ وَعِرٌ, (K,) meaning, (assumed tropical:) Little, scanty, hair. (TA.)