Arabic

Verb

حَسَبَ • ‎(ḥasaba) I, non-past يَحْسُبُ‎ (yaḥsubu)

1. to calculate, to compute
2. to guess, to reckon
3. to count
4. to charge, to debit
5. to credit
6. to take (into account), to take (into consideration), to reckon with
7. to attach (importance)

Conjugation

References

Wehr, Hans (1976), “حسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 2

Verb

حَسِبَ • ‎(ḥasiba) I, non-past يَحْسَبُ or يَحْسِبُ‎ (yaḥsabu or yaḥsibu)

1. to regard, to consider, to deem
2. to assume, to think, to suppose, to believe

Conjugation

References

Wehr, Hans (1976), “حسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 3

Verb

حَسُبَ • ‎(ḥasuba) I, non-past يَحْسُبُ‎ (yaḥsubu)

1. to be highly regarded

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

حَسْب • ‎(ḥasb) m

1. verbal noun of حَسَبَ ‎(ḥasaba) (form I)
2. reckoning, calculation, computing
3. thinking, opinion, view
4. sufficiency

Declension

Etymology 5

Noun

حَسَب • ‎(ḥasab) m ‎(plural أَحْسَاب ‎(ʾaḥsāb))

1. verbal noun of حَسُبَ ‎(ḥasuba) (form I)
2. measure, extent, degree, quantity, amount

   بِحَسَبِ‎ ― bi-ḥasabi ― according to

   عَلَى حَسَبِ‎ ― ʿalā ḥasabi ― according to

3. value
4. high regard, esteem
5. noble descent

Declension

Etymology 6

Preposition

حَسَبَ • ‎(ḥasaba)

1. according to

Inflection

Etymology 7

Noun

حُسَّب • ‎(ḥussab) m pl

1. plural of حَاسِب ‎(ḥāsib)

Etymology 8

Adjective

حُسَّب • ‎(ḥussab) m pl

1. masculine plural of حَاسِب ‎(ḥāsib)