Nusaybah

Nusaybah (Arabic نُسَيْبَة, sometimes transliterated Nusaibah or Nusayba) is a historically attested Arabic female personal name. One of the best known bearers is Nusaybah bint Ka'ab al‑Ansari, commonly called Umm 'Ammarah, a sahabiyyah (female companion) of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in biographical and hadith sources for her active participation in the community and for defending the Prophet in battle. On linguistic grounds Nusaybah is a diminutive/derivative pattern in Arabic; classical lexica relate the stem to nisbah/nisb or nasib (نصيب, 'portion' or 'share' / 'lot'); therefore Nusaybah is conventionally glossed as 'a small portion' or 'one who is given a portion/share' in onomastic treatments. The name has been used across the Arab and Islamic world and appears in historic narratives and biographical dictionaries. It remains comparatively rare as a modern given name but holds strong historical resonance among Muslim communities that study the lives of the Companions. In discussions of sahabiyyat the name often appears alongside other female companions such as [[Umm Ayman]] and [[Aisha]]. There is no dedicated Quranic verse containing the personal name; its meaning components draw on Arabic lexical material that also occurs in the Qur'an in related lexical forms.