# حسب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew חָשַׁב (khasháv), Classical Syriac ܚܫܒ, and Egyptian ḥsb.

#### Verb

حَسَبَ • (ḥasaba) I (non-past يَحْسُبُ (yaḥsubu), verbal noun حَسْب (ḥasb) or حِسَاب (ḥisāb) or حُسْبَان (ḥusbān))
* to calculate, to compute
* to charge, to debit
* to credit
* to take (into account), to take (into consideration), to reckon with
* to attach (importance)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

حَسِبَ • (ḥasiba) I (non-past يَحْسَبُ (yaḥsabu) or يَحْسِبُ (yaḥsibu), verbal noun حِسْبَان (ḥisbān) or مَحْسَبَة (maḥsaba) or مَحْسِبَة (maḥsiba))
* to assume, to think, to suppose, to believe
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:42:وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّٰهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَwa-lā taḥsabanna allāha ḡāfilan ʕammā yaʕmalu ẓ-ẓālimūnaDo not think that God is unaware of what the wrongdoers do.
* to regard, to consider, to deem

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

حَسُبَ • (ḥasuba) I (non-past يَحْسُبُ (yaḥsubu), verbal noun حَسَب (ḥasab) or حَسَابَة (ḥasāba))
* to be highly regarded

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

حَسْب • (ḥasb) m
* verbal noun of حَسَبَ (ḥasaba) (form I)
* reckoning, calculation, computing
* thinking, opinion, view
* sufficiency
* only
    قَرَأْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ كُتُبٍ فَحَسْبُ/وَحَسْبُ/حَسْبُ.qaraʔtu ṯalāṯata kutubin faḥasbu/waḥasbu/ḥasbu.I've only read three books (and that's all).
    الغالبية العظمى من المسلمين لا يؤمنون فحسب بأن الله رحيم؛ بل يؤمنون بأن الله يدعو البشر إلى الرحمة أيضًا.The vast majority of Muslims not only believe that God is merciful; they believe that God calls humans to be merciful as well.

##### Derived terms

* حَسْبِيَ ٱللّٰهُ (ḥasbiya llāhu)
* حَسْبِيَ ٱللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ (ḥasbiya llāhu waniʕma l-wakīlu)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

حَسَب • (ḥasab) m (plural أَحْسَاب (ʔaḥsāb))
* verbal noun of حَسُبَ (ḥasuba) (form I)
* measure, extent, degree, quantity, amount
    بِحَسَبِ ― bi-ḥasabi ― according to
    عَلَى حَسَبِ ― ʕalā ḥasabi ― according to
* value
* high regard, esteem
* noble descent

##### Declension
### Etymology 6

Adverbial accusative of حَسَب (ḥasab).

#### Preposition

حَسَبَ • (ḥasaba)
* according to, per, by

##### Descendants

* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਹਸਬ (hasab)
    Shahmukhi script: حسب (hasab)

### Etymology 7
#### Noun

حُسَّب • (ḥussab) m pl
* plural of حَاسِب (ḥāsib)

### References

* Freytag, Georg (1830) “حسب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 377–378
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حسب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 564
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “حسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 205

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَسِبَ (ḥasiba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħas.sab/

#### Verb

حسب • (ḥassab) II (non-past يِحَسِّب (yiḥassib))
* to assume, to think, to suppose, to believe
    Synonyms: ظن (ẓann), افتكر (aftakar), اتوقع (atwaggaʕ)
* to expect

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.sab/

#### Preposition

حسب • (ḥasab)
* according to
* it depends (on)

#### Verb

حسب • (ḥasab) I (non-past يِحْسب (yiḥsib))
* to count
* to charge money

##### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.sab/, [ˈħa.sab]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, preposition).

#### Preposition

حسب • (ḥásab)
* according to
* it depends (on)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, verb).

#### Verb

حسب • (ḥasab) I (present بحسب (boḥsob))
* to count
* to charge money
    أحسب كلشي؟ ― ʔaḥsob kul-ši ― Shall I charge you for everything?