قحط1 قَحَطَ المَطَرُ, aor. ـَ (S, Msb,) inf. n. قُحُوطٌ, (Sh, S,) or قَحْطٌ; (Msb, K;) and قَحِطَ, aor. ـَ (Fr, S, Msb,) inf. n. قَحَطٌ; (Fr, Msb;) but the former is said by ISd, to be the more approved, (TA,) and قَحُطَ; (Msb;) قُحِطَ, mentioned by AHn, and IB, but the latter says, قُحِطَ القَطْرُ; and ↓ أَقْحَطَ, also mentioned by AHn; (TA;) The rain was withheld, (Sh, AHn, S, Msb, K,) being wanted. (Sh.) An Arab of the desert said to 'Omar, قَحِطَ السَّحَابُ, meaning The clouds were withheld. (TA.) b2:  قَحَطَ العَامُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. قَحْطٌ; and قَحِطَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. قَحَطٌ; and قُحِطَ, inf. n. قُحُوطٌ; (K, * TA;) and ↓ أَقْحَطَ; (K;) The year was one of drought; without  rain: (K:) and أَكْحَطَ signifies the same. (TA.) You say also, ↓ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى إِقْحَاطِ الزَّمَانِ, and إِكْحَاطِهِ, meaning That was in the distressing state of the time, or season. (Ibn-ElFaraj.) b3:  قَحَطَت الأَرْضُ, aor. ـَ (IDrd;) or ـِ (Msb, TA;) and ↓ اقحطت [app. in the act. and pass. forms, though the pass. form  seems to be of doubtful authority, as will be seen from what follows]; (Msb;) The land received no rain: (Msb, TA:) but it is asserted that one says قَحَطَ, with fet-h, of rain; and قَحِطَ, with kesr, of a place. (IB.) b4:  قَحِطَ النَّاسُ, like سَمِعَ [in form], (K, TA,) not otherwise; (TA;) [unless in the pass. form; for] you say also, (K,) قُحِطُوا; (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ أُقْحِطُوا; (Msb, K;) but these two are rare; (K;) or they are not allowable; (M;) and ↓ أَقْحَطُوا; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and قَحَطَ عَنْهُمُ المَطَرُ; (Mgh;) The people suffered, or were afflicted with, drought, or want of rain; (S, Msb, K, TA;) they had no rain; (TA;) rain was withheld from them. (Mgh, Msb.) 4 ا see 1, throughout. b2:  أَقْحَطَ, said of a man, also signifies (tropical:)  Semen non emisit: (Mgh, Msb:) or inivit et semen non emisit: (K:) from the same verb in the last of the senses explained in the preceding paragraph. (Mgh, Msb.) A2: أَقْحَطَ اللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ God afflicted the land with drought; by withholding rain from it. (Msb, K.) قَحْطٌ: see 1. b2:  Drought; dearth; scarcity: (S, TA:) and (assumed tropical:)  paucity of good in anything. (ISd, TA.) You say also, لَهُ ↓ قُحْطًا, like سُحْقًا, and بُعْدًا, in the accus. case as [though it were] an inf. n.; meaning May drought, or dearth, or scarcity, betide him: and (tropical:)  cessation of good, or welfare: and (tropical:)  unfruitfulness in respect of good works. (TA.) قُحْطًا لَهُ: see قَحْطٌ.قَحِطٌ: see قَحِيطٌ.قَحِيطٌ Rain withheld. (Fr, Msb.) Also, and ↓ قَحِطٌ, applied to a year, and to a beating, Distressing; severe; vehement. (K.) زَمَنٌ قَاحِطٌ, (K, TA,) and ↓ عَامٌ مُقْحِطٌ, (TA,) A time, and a year, of drought; in which is no rain: (K, * TA:) pl. of the former epithet قَوَاحِطُ. (K.) مُقْحِطٌ: see قَاحِطٌ.بَلَدٌ مَقْحُوطٌ, (Msb,) and أَرْضٌ مَقْحُوطَةٌ, (TA,) A country, and a land, that has received no rain: (Msb, TA:) pl. مَقَاحِيطُ. (Msb.)