Thaʿlabah
ثعلبة
Say it THA-la-bah
A vixen
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- th-ʿ-l-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Thalaba, Tha’labah, Salaba
Meaning & source
A vixen: Lisān says the female fox is called thaʿlabah.
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ثعلب: الثَّعْلَبُ مِنَ السبِّاع مَعروفة، وَهِيَ الأُنثى، وَقِيلَ الأُنثى ثَعْلبةٌ وَالذَّكَرُ ثَعْلَبٌ وثُعْلُبانٌ.
Who carried this name
- Thaʿlabah ibn ʿAnamah al-Anṣārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 951 (vol. 1, p. 521)