Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Try Free
Home › Dictionary › حساب

حِسَابٌ

Root: حسب

Full Definition

حِسَابٌ and حُسْبَانٌ [A numbering, counting, reckoning, calculation, or computation: see 1:] both signify the same: or the latter is pl. of the former, accord. to Akh and AHeyth and others, when the former signifies what is numbered; &c.; [a number; or quantity;] and the former has also for a pl. [of pauc.] أَحْسِبَةٌ. You say, رَفَعَ العَامِلُ حِسَابَهُ and حُسْبَانَهُ [The agent presented his reckoning, &c.]. Hence, حِسَابُ الجُمَّلِ and الجُمَلِ: see art. جمل. [And حِسَابُ عَقْدِ الأَصَابِعِ The numbering, counting, or reckoning, with the fingers.] And يَوْمُ الحِسَابِ [The day of reckoning; i. e., of the final judgment].
2 حِسَابٌ also signifies The reckoning, or enumerating, or recounting, of causes of glorying; or of memorable, or generous, actions or qualities.
3 And A great number of men: of the dial. of Hudheyl.
4 And A sufficing thing, and gift, as also حَسَّابٌ : or a large gift: or a gift according to one's works.


Lane's Lexicon — The most scholarly Arabic-English dictionary available

The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor. A work of such unique greatness that to this day it remains supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography.

✓ Full text search • ✓ Root-based navigation
✓ Advanced filters • ✓ Mobile access

Try Free — Start Searching

Trusted by 1000+ researchers worldwide
Featured on Fons Vitae • Used by universities globally

Related Words from the Same Root

Verbs

Nouns