عُبَيْدٌ
Root: عبد
Full Definition
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.
2 And, used as a proper name,] The son of the desert, or of the waterless
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