Nusaybah
نسيبة
Say it nu-SAY-bah
Of good lineage
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-s-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nusaiba, Nusaybah, Nesibe
Meaning & source
From nasīb, of good lineage; Nusaybah is its diminutive.
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وَرَجُلٌ نَسِيبٌ مَنْسُوب: ذُو حَسَبٍ ونَسَبٍ.
Who carried this name
- Nusaybah bint Kaʿb (Umm ʿUmārah), who fought at Uḥud Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11813 (vol. 8, p. 333)
- Nusaybah bint al-Ḥārith (Umm ʿAṭiyyah) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11809 (vol. 8, p. 333)