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احسبهُ

Root: حسب

Form: 4

Full Definition

احسبهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِحْسَابٌ, He gave him what sufficed, or satisfied, him, مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ of everything: he contented him: or he gave him what contented him; as also حسّبهُ : and both verbs, Verbal.Noun of the latter تَحْسِيبٌ, he gave him to eat and drink until he was satisfied: and the former, [or both,] he gave him until he said حَسْبِى [It is sufficient for me]. You say also, أَعْطَى فَأَحْسَبَ He gave, and gave much: and , [if not a mistranscription for أَحْسَبْتُهُ,] I gave him much.
2 Also It sufficed him: he sufficed him. You say, مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ أَحْسَبَكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ, and [مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ] بِرَجُلَيْنِ أَحْسَبَاكَ, and [مِنْ رِجَالٍ] بِرِجَالٍ أَحْسَبُوكَ, I passed by a man sufficient for thee as a man, i. e., supplying to thee the place of any other [by his excellent qualities], and by two men &c., and by men &c. [The verb here is rendered, in grammatical analysis, by its act. part. n. See also حَسْبُ.]
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