وَعُرَ

, (S, A, Msb, K,) aorist يَوْعُرُ; (TA;) and وَعَرَ, aorist يَعِرُ; (Msb, K;) and وَعِرَ, (Lh, A, K,) aorist يَوْعَرُ (K, TA) and يَعِرُ; (Lh, TA;) verbal noun وُعُورَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and وَعاَرَةٌ, (Msb, K,) of the first (Msb, TA) and second; (TA;) and وَعْرٌ, (Msb, K,) of the first (TA) and second; (Msb, TA;) and وُعُورٌ, (K,) of the second only; (TA;) and وَعَرٌ, (K,) of the third: (TA:) It (a place, A, K, and a mountain, S, Msb,) was, or became, rugged; (A, K;) as also ↓ توعّر: (S, * A, K:) or difficult. (Msb.)

[Hence,] ↓ توعّر (tropical:) It (an affair), and he, (a man,) was, or became difficult, or hard. (K, * TA.) You say, سَأَلْنَا فُلَانًا حَاجَةً فَتَوَ عَّرَ عَلَيْنَا (tropical:) We asked of such a one a thing wanted, and he was hard, or difficult, to us. (Sgh, TA.)

[Hence also,] وَعُرَ, verbal noun وَعَارَةٌ and وُعُوَرةٌ, (tropical:) It (a thing) was, or became, little, or scanty. (K, TA.)