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▪ Together with its “sisters”, ↗ḥasaba and ↗ḥasiba, the vb. ḥasuba belongs to a larger complex derived from a protSem *ḤŠB ‘to count, take into account’. The primary value is well best preserved in Ar ḥasaba, while ḥasiba represents the most widespread among the (prob.) secondary meanings, namely ‘to consider, estimate, reckon with, think, believe’ (attested throughout WSem: Hbr, Aram, EthSem, Ar). ḥasuba itself may be denom. from ↗ḥasab ʻhigh regard enjoyed by s.o.; noble descent’, usually regarded as a vn. pertaining to ḥasuba. The notion of ʻpaying respect to s.o., holding in high esteem’, hence also ʻnobility, noble descent’, which builds on the basic *ʻto take into account (sc. s.o.’s merits)’, seems to be peculiar to Ar.
▪ For further details, cf. ↗ḥasaba and root entry ↗√ḤSB.
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►ḥasab, pl. ʔaḥsāb, n., 1 measure, extent, degree, quantity, amount; 2a value; b esteem, high regard enjoyed by s.o.; 3 noble descent: usually regarded as vn. of ḥasuba, but the vb. is perh. denom. from ḥasab.
►ḥasīb, pl. ḥusabāʔᵘ, adj., 1a respected, esteemed; b noble, of noble birth, highborn: devb. from ḥasuba, or ints. formation based on ḥasab ʻnoble descent’, or quasi-PP I from ↗ḥasiba ʻto respect’.
►maḥsūb, pl. ‑ūn, maḥāsībᵘ, n., 1 pet, favorite; 2 obedient, subservient (ʕalà to s.o.): PP I, prob. rather from ↗ḥasiba ʻto respect’ than from ḥasuba, as the latter is intr. and cannot have a PP.
►maḥsūbiyyaẗ, n.f., 1 esteem enjoyed by s.o., position of distinction; 2 patronage, favored position, favouritism: abstract formation in ‑iyyaẗ.

For other values of the root, cf. ↗ḥasaba, ↗ḥasiba, ↗ḥasb, ↗ḥasab, ↗ḥisāb, ↗ḥāsūb, ↗muḥāsabaẗ, ↗maḥsūb, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗ḤSB.

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