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عُبَيْدٌ

Root: عبد

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عُبَيْدٌ [dim. of عَبْدٌ.
2 And, used as a proper name,] The son of the desert, or of the waterless desert: thus expl. by El-Kanánee to Fr.
3 And [hence] أُمُّ عُبَيْدٍ The desert, or waterless desert, that is vacant, or desolate: or the land that is vacant, or desolate: or the land that the rain has missed. And sometimes it is used as meaning Great calamity: it is said in a prov., وَقَعُوا فِى أُمِّ عُبَيْدٍ تَصَايَحُ حَيَّاتُهَا [for تَتَصَايَحُ, lit. They became, or found themselves, in the desert, &c., of which the serpents were hissing, one at another], meaning [they fell] into a great calamity.
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