Ribʿī
ربعي
Say it RIB-ee
Child of one’s youth
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-b-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Ribi, Rib’i, Ribee
Meaning & source
Born in a man’s youth: Ibn Fāris says a man’s children born while he is young are called ribʿiyyūn.
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ومن الباب أرْبَعَ الرّجُل، إذا ولد له فى الشباب، وولده رِبْعيُّون.
Who carried this name
- Ribʿī ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2579 (vol. 2, p. 379)