Nufayʿ
نفيع
Say it nu-FAY
Small benefit
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-f-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nufay, Nufai, Nufaiy
Meaning & source
A diminutive of nafʿ, benefit, or of nāfiʿ, beneficial (Ibn al-Aʿrābī, in Lisān).
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قَالَ ابْنُ الأَعرابي: نُفَيْعٌ شَاعِرٌ مِنْ تَمِيم، فإِما أَن يَكُونَ تَصْغِيرَ نَفْع وإِما أَن يَكُونَ تَصْغِيرَ نافِعٍ أَو نَفّاعٍ بعد الترخيم.
Who carried this name
- Abū Bakrah Nufayʿ ibn al-Ḥārith Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8816 (vol. 6, p. 369)