Rumayṣāʾ
رميصاء
Say it ru-may-SAA
A faint star
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-m-ṣ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rumaysa, Rumaisa, Rumaysaa, Rümeysa
Meaning & source
The name of a faint star, called al-Rumayṣāʾ for its small, dim light. Umm Sulaym was known by this name.
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والشِّعْرَى الرُّمَيْصاءُ: أَحدُ كَوكَبي الذِّرَاعِ، مُشْتَقٌّ مِنْ رَمَصِ الْعَيْنِ وغَمَصِها، سُمِّيَتْ بِذَلِكَ لِصِغَرِهَا وَقِلَّةِ ضَوْئِهَا.
Who carried this name
- Umm Sulaym, mother of Anas ibn Mālik, called al-Rumaysāʾ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11198 (vol. 8, p. 144)