Rāʾiʿah
رائعة
Say it RAA-i-ʿah
Strikingly beautiful
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-w-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Raia, Raiah, Ra'i'a
Meaning & source
Striking: al-Layth, quoted in Lisān, says whatever amazes you with its beauty or abundance is rāʾiʿ.
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قَالَ اللَّيْثُ: كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَروعُك مِنْهُ جَمَالٌ وكَثرة تَقُولُ رَاعَنِي فَهُوَ رَائِعٌ.
Who carried this name
- Rāʾiʿah bint Thābit al-Anṣāriyyah, of Banū Khaṭmah, who pledged allegiance Ibn al-Athīr, Usd al-Ghābah fī Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 6912 (vol. 7, p. 107)