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حِساب
account /ħiˈsaːb/
nounA1#641 most common
Also: calculation, arithmetic, bill, the check, reckoning, judgment
Example sentences
الحِساب، من فضلك.
The bill, please.
عِندي حِساب في البنك.
I have an account at the bank.
أُحبّ مادّة الحِساب في المدرسة.
I like the arithmetic class at school.
يجب أن نُراجِع الحِساب قبل أن ندفع.
We have to check the bill before we pay.
يؤمن المسلمون بأنّ يوم الحِساب حقٌّ لا ريب فيه.
Muslims believe that the Day of Reckoning is a truth beyond doubt.
لم يضع في حِسابه أنّ الأسعار قد ترتفع فجأةً، فخسر الكثير.
He had not reckoned that prices might suddenly rise, so he lost a great deal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حِسابٌ (ḥisābun) | حِساباتٌ (ḥisābātun) |
| Genitive | حِسابٍ (ḥisābin) | حِساباتٍ (ḥisābātin) |
| Accusative | حِساباً (ḥisāban) | حِساباتٍ (ḥisābātin) |
| Vocative | يا حِسابُ (yā ḥisābu) | يا حِساباتُ (yā ḥisābātu) |
Word family
حَسَبَ (ḥasaba)to count, calculate
حاسوب (ḥāsūb)computer
مُحاسِب (muḥāsib)accountant
مُحاسَبة (muḥāsaba)accounting, calling to account
حِسابيّ (ḥisābī)arithmetical, computational
Etymology
حِساب is the verbal noun of the verb حَسَبَ, meaning to count or reckon. It comes from the Semitic root ḥ-s-b, which carries the sense of counting, calculating, and thinking a matter through. The same root gives the modern Arabic words for computer and accountant. It has no Indo-European origin.
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