7sab حساب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7sab” (حساب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning account, calculation, bill.
Meanings
- account, calculation, bill
- depending on (3la 7sab)
- bank account
Usage
7sab means calculation, account or bill: "khelles l7sab" (settle the bill), "dir l7sab" (do the calculation). It is also used for a bank account or an online account. But the most frequent phrase is "3la 7sab", which means "according to" or "it depends on": "3la 7sab lwe9t" (depending on the time available). "F 7sabi" means "I thought that": "f 7sabi mcha" (I thought he had left). The plural is 7isabat.
Example
شحال جا الحساب؟
ch7al ja l7sab?
“How much is the bill?”
Forms
| plural | 7sabat |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7sab” but also “7ssab”, “7isab”, “hsab” and “hssab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7sab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “account (bank, online)”; “calculation, counting”: 7seb in Tunisian.