Suhaymah
سهيمة
Say it su-HAY-mah
A share; a little arrow
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-h-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Suhaima, Suhaymah, Suhayma
Meaning & source
A diminutive of sahm: an arrow, and also a share or portion.
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والسَّهْمُ: النَّصِيبُ.
Who carried this name
- Suhaymah bint Masʿūd al-Ẓafariyyah, wife of Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11357 (vol. 8, p. 194)
- Suhaymah bint ʿUmayr al-Muzaniyyah, wife of Rukānah ibn ʿAbd Yazīd Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11355 (vol. 8, p. 194)