l7sab لحساب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“l7sab” (لحساب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning calculation, accounts.
Meanings
- calculation, accounts
- consideration, taking into account
- bill, check to pay
Usage
L7sab, that is, the article followed by 7sab, refers to calculation and accounts: "dir l7sab", do the calculation, or "l7sab ma kaykhrejch", the numbers don't add up. At a café or restaurant, it means the bill: "jib l7sab". It is also used figuratively to mean taking into account, consideration: "dar lih l7sab" means he took it into account, and "ma derbouch lina l7sab" means they didn't take us into consideration. Without the article, "7sab" appears in "3la 7sab", according to or depending on, and in "7sab rasek", fend for yourself. This word is very common and belongs to all registers.
Example
دير لحساب مزيان قبل ما تخلص.
dir l7sab mzyan 9bel ma tkhalles.
“Do the calculation properly before you pay.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “l7sab” but also “lhsab”, “l7ssab” and “le7sab”. 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 “l7sab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “calculation, arithmetic”; “math (school subject)”: l7seb in Tunisian.