عَهْدَةٌ

and again, in the last quarter, in two places.

عهدة [thus written, without any syll. sign], in a verse cited by AHeyth, [the measure of which shows it to be عَهْدَةٌ or عُهْدَةٌ or عِهْدَةٌ, and in which it is applied to the depository of a secret,] is explained as signifying [properly] A place on which the sun does not come. (TA.)