Ḥāṭib
حاطب
Say it HAA-tib
Gatherer of firewood
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-ṭ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hatib, Hateb
Meaning & source
One who gathers firewood: ḥaṭab is wood made ready for the fire (Lisān).
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والحَطَبُ: مَا أُعِدَّ مِن الشجَرِ شَبُوباً للنَّارِ.
Who carried this name
- Ḥāṭib ibn Abī Baltaʿah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 1543 (vol. 2, p. 4)