عبد

عُبَيْدٌ ذ [dim. of عَبْدٌ. ― -b2- And, used as a proper name,] The son of the desert, or of the waterless desert: thus expl. by El-Kanánee to Fr. (O.) ― -b3- And [hence] أُمُّ عُبَيْدٍ The desert, or waterless desert, (Fr, O, K,) that is vacant, or desolate: (K:) or the land that is vacant, or desolate: (El-Kaná- nee, Fr, O:) or the land that the rain has missed. (O, K.) And sometimes it is used as meaning (assumed tropical:) Great calamity: (TA:) 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 (assumed tropical:) [ they fell ] into a great calamity. (Meyd, TA.)