Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܚ ܫ ܒ (ḥ š b)
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From Aramaic חֲשַׁב (ḥăšaḇ); compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, to calculate), Hebrew חָשַׁב (khasháv) and חִשֵּׁב (khishév).

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ܚܵܫܹܒ݂ (ḥāšēḇ) (present participle ܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥšāḇā), past participle ܚܫܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥšīḇā))

  1. to think, think so
    ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐlē ìwen biḥšāḇāI don’t think so
    ܠܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܚܵܫܒ݂ܹܢ ܥܲܠ ܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܛܹܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ.
    lē bāˁēn ḥāšḇēn ˁal mōdī bit hāwē in lē māṭē qudmē.
    I don’t want to think about what will happen if he doesn't arrive tomorrow.
    • Matthew 9:4:
      ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܵܝ̈ܗܝ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ: «ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܬܘܿܢ ܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ ܒܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ؟»
      īnā dīˁ lēh īšōˁ ḥūšāḇāyh w-mīrēh: “qāmōdī biḥšāḇā ìtōn bīštā b-libbāwḵōn?”
      But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?"
  2. to see as, consider, regard
    ܠܵܐ ܚܵܫܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܢܘܼܟ݂ܪ̈ܵܝܹܐḥāšḇītōn nafšāṯāwḵōn nuḵrāyēDo not consider yourselves strangers.

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Etymology

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From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حَسَبَ (ḥasaba), Hebrew חָשַׁב (ḥāšaḇ), and Egyptian ḥsb, as well as Old Armenian հաշիւ (hašiw), an Aramaic borrowing.

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ܚܫܒ (transliteration needed)

  1. to think
  2. to count
    Synonym: ܡܢܝ
  3. to calculate