7seb حسب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7seb” (حسب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to count, calculate.
Meanings
- to count, calculate
- to think, consider
- according to
Usage
7seb (imperfect ya7seb) means to count or calculate: a7seb leflous, "count the money". It also means to wrongly believe or take someone for something: 7sebtek mrigel, "I thought you were decent". The same root gives the preposition 7asb, "according to": 7asb el9anoun, "according to the law", 7asb ennès, "it depends on the people". It also gives the religious invocation 7asbi allah w ni3ma lwakil. It is said in the face of an injustice to express that one entrusts the matter to God. It is common in online comments. The 7 stands for a guttural "h".
Example
احسب الفلوس قبل ما تخلّص
a7seb leflous 9bal ma tkhalles
“Count the money before you pay.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7seb” but also “hseb”, “7sab”, “7asb”, “7eseb” and “7assb”. 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 Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to count, calculate”; “to consider, think”: 7seb in Moroccan.
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.