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هسب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of sufficiency or adequacy. It is noted as being similar in meaning and form to the root 'حسب' (hasaba), which also carries connotations of sufficiency, reckoning, and estimation.

Derived headwords

الهِسْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Sufficiencyclassical

    The state or quality of being sufficient or adequate.

كالحِسْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Sufficiencyclassical

    This is presented as being similar in form and meaning to 'الهسب', implying sufficiency or adequacy.

Parallel reading

الهسب بالهاء والسين المهملة: أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان.
Al-hisb, with the letter Hāʼ and the unpointed Sīn: Al-Jawharī and the author of Al-Lisān omitted it.
وقال الصاغاني: (كالحسب) بالحاء والسين، وزنا ومعنى.
And Al-Sāghānī said: (like al-hisb) with the letter Ḥāʼ and the Sīn, in form and meaning.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: الهسب: الكفاية.
And Ibn Al-Aʻrābī said: Al-hisb means sufficiency.