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لِباس
clothing, garment /liˈbaːs/
nounB1#2990 most common
Also: attire, dress (as in apparel), underwear (in some dialects, e.g. Egyptian colloquial)
Example sentences
هٰذا اللِّباسُ جَميلٌ.
This garment is beautiful.
أَلبَسُ لِباساً جَديداً في العيدِ.
I wear new clothes on the holiday.
يَجِبُ أن يَكونَ اللِّباسُ مُناسِباً لِلطَّقسِ.
Clothing should be suitable for the weather.
تَختَلِفُ أَنواعُ اللِّباسِ التَّقليديِّ مِن بَلَدٍ إلى آخَرَ.
Types of traditional dress differ from one country to another.
يُعَدُّ لِباسُ العَمَلِ الرَّسميُّ جُزءاً مِن ثَقافَةِ الشَّرِكَةِ.
Formal work attire is considered part of the company's culture.
وَصَفَ الفَيلَسوفُ اللِّباسَ بِأَنَّهُ لُغَةٌ صامِتَةٌ تَعكِسُ هُويَّةَ الفَردِ الاجتِماعيَّةَ.
The philosopher described clothing as a silent language that reflects a person's social identity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لِباسٌ | أَلبِسَةٌ |
| Genitive | لِباسٍ | أَلبِسَةٍ |
| Accusative | لِباساً | أَلبِسَةً |
| Vocative | يا لِباسُ | يا أَلبِسَةُ |
Word family
لَبِسَto wear, to put on
مَلابِسclothes, garments
لابِسwearer, one wearing
مَلبَسoutfit, attire
Etymology
لِباس comes from the triliteral Semitic root ل-ب-س, tied to the verb لَبِسَ (labisa), meaning to wear or put on. The noun follows the فِعال (fiʿāl) pattern, common for words describing an action or its result. The same root gives Arabic ملابس (clothes) and لابس (wearer). No Indo-European root applies here, since Arabic and Hebrew belong to the separate Semitic family.
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