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Highlights
Present tense
يَحْسُبُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
حَاسِب
Passive participle
مَحْسُوب
Most common words from the same root
حَسَبَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to calculate, to compute
- to charge, to debit
- to credit
- to take (into account), to take (into consideration), to reckon with
- to attach (importance)
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew חָשַׁב (khasháv), Classical Syriac ܚܫܒ, and Egyptian ḥsb.
Words from the root ح-س-ب
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حَسَبَ
· present يَحْسُبُ
Form I · The plain action
to calculate, to compute; to charge, to debit; to credit
حُسْبَان
numbering
حَسْب
حَاسِب
numbering
حَاسِب
person who calculates
مَحْسُوب
calculated
حَسَّاب
accountant
حَاسَبَ
· present يُحَاسِبُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to settle an account, to get even; to call to account, to ask for an accounting; to hold responsible, to make answerable
مُحَاسَبَة
accounting
حِسَاب
مُحَاسِب
accountant
مُحَاسَب
تَحَسَّبَ
· present يَتَحَسَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be careful, to be on guard; to take precautions; to seek to know, to try to find out
تَحَسُّب
مُتَحَسِّب
مُتَحَسَّب
تَحَاسَبَ
· present يَتَحَاسَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to settle a mutual account
تَحَاسُب
مُتَحَاسِب
مُتَحَاسَب
اِحْتَسَبَ
· present يَحْتَسِبُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to debit, to credit; to take into account, to take into consideration, to reckon with
اِحْتِسَاب
reckoning
مُحْتَسِب
ombudsman
مُحْتَسَب
حَسَبَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | حَسَبْتُ | أَحْسُبُ | أَحْسُبَ | أَحْسُبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | حَسَبْتَ | تَحْسُبُ | تَحْسُبَ | تَحْسُبْ | اُحْسُبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | حَسَبْتِ | تَحْسُبِينَ | تَحْسُبِي | تَحْسُبِي | اُحْسُبِي |
| هُوَ he | حَسَبَ | يَحْسُبُ | يَحْسُبَ | يَحْسُبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | حَسَبَتْ | تَحْسُبُ | تَحْسُبَ | تَحْسُبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | حَسَبْتُمَا | تَحْسُبَانِ | تَحْسُبَا | تَحْسُبَا | اُحْسُبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | حَسَبَا | يَحْسُبَانِ | يَحْسُبَا | يَحْسُبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | حَسَبَتَا | تَحْسُبَانِ | تَحْسُبَا | تَحْسُبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | حَسَبْنَا | نَحْسُبُ | نَحْسُبَ | نَحْسُبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | حَسَبْتُمْ | تَحْسُبُونَ | تَحْسُبُوا | تَحْسُبُوا | اُحْسُبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | حَسَبْتُنَّ | تَحْسُبْنَ | تَحْسُبْنَ | تَحْسُبْنَ | اُحْسُبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | حَسَبُوا | يَحْسُبُونَ | يَحْسُبُوا | يَحْسُبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | حَسَبْنَ | يَحْسُبْنَ | يَحْسُبْنَ | يَحْسُبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | حَسْب، حِسَاب، حُسْبَان |
|---|---|
| Active participle | حَاسِب |
| Passive participle | مَحْسُوب |
حَسَبَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
لِذلِكَ أَيْضاً: حُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا».And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.Romans 4:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «قَدْ صَفَحْتُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ.And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:Numbers 14:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الَّذِي سَيُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِ.Who will render to every man according to his deeds:Romans 2:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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