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لَبِس
to wear (clothing) /ˈla.bi.sa/
verbB1#2412 most common
Also: to put on, to dress in
Example sentences
هِيَ لَبِسَتْ فُسْتَانًا جَمِيلًا.
She wore a beautiful dress.
أَنَا أَلْبَسُ مِعْطَفِي فِي الشِّتَاءِ.
I wear my coat in winter.
لَبِسَ الطِّفْلُ حِذَاءَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ.
The child put on his shoes by himself.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَلْبَسَ مَلَابِسَ رَسْمِيَّةً فِي الْمُقَابَلَةِ.
You must wear formal clothes at the interview.
لَبِسَتِ الْمُمَثِّلَةُ زِيًّا تَقْلِيدِيًّا فِي الْحَفْلِ.
The actress wore traditional attire at the ceremony.
لَبِسَ الْجُنْدِيُّ دِرْعَهُ اسْتِعْدَادًا لِلْمَعْرَكَةِ.
The soldier donned his armor in preparation for battle.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَلْبَسُ | لَبِسْتُ | سَأَلْبَسُ |
| 2sg | تَلْبَسُ | لَبِسْتَ | سَتَلْبَسُ |
| 3sg | يَلْبَسُ | لَبِسَ | سَيَلْبَسُ |
| 1pl | نَلْبَسُ | لَبِسْنَا | سَنَلْبَسُ |
| 2pl | تَلْبَسُونَ | لَبِسْتُمْ | سَتَلْبَسُونَ |
| 3pl | يَلْبَسُونَ | لَبِسُوا | سَيَلْبَسُونَ |
Word family
لِبَاسclothing, garment
مَلابِسclothes (plural)
لَابِسwearing, dressed in
مَلْبَسattire, apparelتَلَبَّسَto be clothed in, to take on (a form or guise)
Etymology
لَبِسَ comes from the Semitic triliteral root ل-ب-س (l-b-s), which carries the core sense of covering or clothing the body. The root appears across the Semitic language family with the same basic meaning, well before Classical Arabic took shape. It is unrelated to Indo-European vocabulary, since Arabic and its Semitic relatives sit outside that family.
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