Yaʿīsh
يعيش
Say it ya-EESH
He lives
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-y-sh
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Yaish, Ya’ish, Yaeesh
Meaning & source
“He lives”: a name in the present tense from ʿāsha; Ibn Fāris gives the root as life and lasting.
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[عيش] العين والياء والشين أصلٌ صحيح يدلُّ على حياةٍ وبقاء.
Who carried this name
- Yaʿīsh ibn Ṭikhfah al-Ghifārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 9386 (vol. 6, p. 541)