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▪ While [v1] is closer to ↗ḥasaba (and thus to protSem *ḤŠB with the primary meaning of ‘to count, take into account’), [v2] and [v3] can be seen as vn.s of ↗ḥasuba ʻto be highly esteemed, be valued; to be of noble origin, be highborn’; but the latter vb. may well be denom. from ḥasab rather than the other way round. In any case, both the vb. and the n. are close relatives of ↗ḥasaba and ↗ḥasiba. 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 a development peculiar to Ar.
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cogn

▪ ↗ḥasaba.
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disc

▪ See above, section CONC.
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deriv

► ^BP#423ḥasabᵃ, bi-ḥasabⁱ and ʕalà ḥasabⁱ, prep., according to, in accordance with, commensurate with, depending on
► ^BP#3374ḥasabamā, conj., according to what…, as, depending on how… | ~ ’ttafaqa, expr., as chance will have it

►ḥasuba, u (ḥasab, ḥasābaẗ), vb. I, 1 to be of noble origin, be highborn; 2 to be highly esteemed, be valued

►ḥasīb, pl. ḥusabāʔᵘ, adj., 1a respected, esteemed; b noble, of noble birth, highborn: quasi-PP I, from ḥasiba ʻto respect’, or devb. from ḥasuba ʻto be of noble origin’, or ints. formation based on ḥasab ʻnoble descent’.
►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, ↗ḥasuba, ↗ḥasb, ↗ḥisāb, ↗ḥāsūb, ↗muḥāsabaẗ, ↗maḥsūb, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗ḤSB.

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