بَادِيَةٌ

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بَادِيَةٌ A desert; so called because of its being open, or uncovered; contr. of حَضَرٌ; as also بَدْوٌ , and بَادَاةٌ , or بَدَاةٌ , (TA, [thought by SM to be the correct form because found by him in the M, in which I find باداة,]) and , said to be used as syn. with بَادِيَةٌ in a verse of Lebeed cited among the exs. of the preposition بِ, p. 142, and and ; [of which the last two and the second (namely, بَدْوٌ,) seem to be originally inf. ns.; see 1:] or a land in which are no towns or villages or cultivated soil: or the places to which people migrate from the constant sources of water, when they go forth to the desert, seeking the vicinity of herbage; also termed مَبَادٍ, which is syn. with مَنَاجِعُ, contr. of مَحَاضِرُ, and pl. of مَبْدًى , this last signifying the contr. of مَحْضَرٌ: the pl. of بَادِيَةٌ is بَوَادٍ.
2 See also بَادٍ.

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