Kuʿaybah
كعيبة
Say it ku-ʿAY-bah
Rising, standing out
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- k-ʿ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Kuaiba, Ku'ayba, Kuaybah
Meaning & source
A diminutive from a root that, Ibn Fāris says, means rising and standing out: kaʿb is the ankle-bone, and the Kaʿbah is said to be named for its standing out.
-
يدلُّ على نتوٍّ وارتفاعٍ في الشيء.
Who carried this name
- Kuʿaybah bint Saʿd al-Aslamiyyah, who was at Khaybar with the Prophet ﷺ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11686 (vol. 8, p. 297)