Ruwayfiʿ
رويفع
Say it ru-WAY-fi
Raising up
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-f-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Ruwayfi, Ruwaifi, Ruwaifa
Meaning & source
A diminutive of rāfiʿ, one who raises; rafʿ is the opposite of lowering (Lisān).
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والرَّفْعُ: ضِدُّ الوَضْع، رَفَعْته فارْتَفَع فَهُوَ نَقيض الخَفْض فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، رَفَعه يَرْفَعُه رَفْعاً ورَفُع هُوَ رَفاعة وارْتَفَع.
Who carried this name
- Ruwayfiʿ ibn Thābit al-Balawī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2704 (vol. 2, p. 416)