Lamīs
لميس
Say it la-MEES
Soft to the touch
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- l-m-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Lamees, Lamis, Lamiss
Meaning & source
Soft to the touch (Abū ʿAmr, quoted in Lisān); Lisān also records Lamīs as a woman’s name.
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واللَّمِيس: المرأَة اللَّيِّنة المَلْمَس.
Who carried this name
- Lamīs bint ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣāriyyah, who pledged allegiance (Ibn Ḥabīb) Ibn al-Athīr, Usd al-Ghābah fī Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7257 (vol. 7, p. 248)