Ṣaʿbah
صعبة
Say it ṢAʿ-bah
Honoured as the name of al-Ṣaʿbah bint al-Ḥaḍramī, mother of Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṣ-ʿ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Saba, Sa'bah, Saabah
What the word means
Hard to tame: ṣaʿb is the opposite of easy and docile.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
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صعب: الصَّعْبُ: خِلَافُ السَّهْل، نَقِيضُ الذَّلُول؛
Who carried this name
- al-Ṣaʿbah bint al-Ḥaḍramī, mother of Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11398 (vol. 8, p. 208)
- al-Ṣaʿbah bint Jabal, sister of Muʿādh ibn Jabal Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11397 (vol. 8, p. 208)