Ṣumaytah
صميتة
Say it ṣu-MAY-tah
Quiet, of few words
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṣ-m-t
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sumayta, Sumaitah
Meaning & source
A diminutive from ṣamt, silence: a ṣimmīt man is one who keeps quiet.
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وَرَجُلٌ صِمِّيتٌ أَي سِكِّيتٌ.
Who carried this name
- al-Ṣumaytah al-Laythiyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11424 (vol. 8, p. 217)