Nuʿaym
نعيم
Say it nu-AYM
Ease, a good life
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-ʿ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nuaim, Nuaym
Meaning & source
A diminutive from niʿmah: ease and a good life.
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[نعم] النون والعين والميم فروعُه كثيرة، وعندنا أنّها على كثرتها راجعةٌ إلى أصلٍ واحدٍ يدلُّ على ترفُّهٍ وطِيب عيش وصلاح.
Who carried this name
- Nuʿaym ibn Masʿūd, who broke the alliance at the Trench Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8802 (vol. 6, p. 363)