Subayʿah
سبيعة
Say it su-BAY-ʿah
Name of the Companion Subayʿah bint al-Ḥārith al-Aslamiyyah
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Subaia, Subayah, Subay'a
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Subayʿah is a diminutive from the root s-b-ʿ, whose words are “seven” and “beast of prey”, but Lisān al-ʿArab gives no gloss for the name itself, so we leave the meaning blank.
Who carried this name
- Subayʿah bint al-Ḥārith al-Aslamiyyah, whose waiting period ended when she gave birth (Bukhārī and Muslim) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11278 (vol. 8, p. 171)