7seb حسب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“7seb” (حسب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to count, calculate.
Meanings
- to count, calculate
- to consider, think
- (3la 7sab) according to
Usage
7seb means to count money or objects, or to do a calculation: "7seb lflous", count the money. With "l-", you count for someone: "7seb liya", do the count for me. The verb is also used to say that one took one thing for another: "7sebtek mgharbi", I thought you were Moroccan. The fixed expression "3la 7sab" means "according to", "depending on": "3la 7sab lwa9t", depending on the time available. The related noun, "l7sab", means the account or the bill to pay. For example, "jib l7sab", bring the bill.
Example
عفاك حسب ليا هادشي
3afak 7sb lia hadchi
“Please, count this for me.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan7sb | 7sbt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat7sb | 7sbti | 7sb |
| nti (you, f.) | kat7sbi | 7sbti | 7sbi |
| howa (he) | kay7sb | 7sb | |
| hiya (she) | kat7sb | 7sbat | |
| 7na (we) | kan7sbo | 7sbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat7sbo | 7sbto | 7sbo |
| homa (they) | kay7sbo | 7sbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7seb” but also “7sb”, “hseb”, “hsb” and “7sab”. 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 “7seb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to count, calculate”; “to think, consider as”: 7seb in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to count, calculate”; “to think, consider”: 7seb in Tunisian.