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بِيد
deserts (wastelands) /ˈbiːd/
nounB2#3958 most common
Also: wastelands, wildernesses
Example sentences
سافرنا عبر البِيد.
We traveled across the deserts.
البِيدُ واسعةٌ وجافةٌ.
The deserts are vast and dry.
لا حياةَ في هذه البِيدِ القاحلةِ.
There is no life in these barren deserts.
عبرَ الرحّالةُ البِيدَ الشاسعةَ بحثًا عن الماء.
The traveler crossed the vast deserts in search of water.
تمتدّ البِيدُ بين الجبال كأنها بحرٌ من الرمال.
The deserts stretch between the mountains as if they were a sea of sand.
وصف الشاعر وحشة البِيدِ التي يَبيدُ فيها كلُّ أثرٍ للحياة.
The poet described the desolation of the deserts, where every trace of life perishes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَيْدَاءُ | بِيدٌ |
| Genitive | بَيْدَاءَ | بِيدٍ |
| Accusative | بَيْدَاءَ | بِيداً |
| Vocative | يا بَيْدَاءُ | يا بِيدُ |
Word family
بيداءdesert, trackless waste (singular)
بادto perish, vanish, become extinct
إبادةannihilation, extermination
مبيدpesticide, exterminating agent
بائدextinct, defunct, perished
Etymology
بِيد is the broken plural of بيداء, meaning a trackless desert or waste. Arabic lexicographers connect the root ب-ي-د to the verb باد، يبيد, meaning to perish or vanish, suggesting the desert took its name as a place where travelers and life itself perish. The word appears often in pre-Islamic and classical poetry describing harsh desert crossings. No Indo-European cognates are attested, since ب-ي-د is a native Semitic root.
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