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مَلْبَس
garment /ˈmal.bas/
nounA1#420 most common
Also: clothing, attire, apparel
Example sentences
مَلابِسي جَديدةٌ.
My clothes are new.
أَشْتَري مَلابِسَ جَديدةً كُلَّ عيدٍ.
I buy new clothes every Eid.
غَسَلَتْ أُمّي كُلَّ المَلابِسِ صَباحَ اليَوْمِ.
My mother washed all the clothes this morning.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَخْتارَ مَلْبَساً مُناسِباً لِلمُقابَلةِ.
You should choose a suitable garment for the interview.
كانَتِ المَلابِسُ التَّقْليديّةُ تَعْكِسُ مَكانةَ الشَّخْصِ الاجْتِماعيّةَ.
Traditional clothes reflected a person's social standing.
لا يُقاسُ وَقارُ المَرْءِ بِفَخامةِ مَلْبَسِهِ بَلْ بِنُبْلِ أَفْعالِهِ.
A person's dignity is measured by the nobility of their deeds, not by the splendor of their dress.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَلْبَسٌ | مَلابِسُ |
| Genitive | مَلْبَسٍ | مَلابِسَ |
| Accusative | مَلْبَساً | مَلابِسَ |
| Vocative | يا مَلْبَسُ | يا مَلابِسُ |
Word family
لَبِسَto wear, to put on
لِباسclothing, attireمَلابِسclothes (plural)
لابِسwearer, one who is wearing
مَلْبُوسa worn item, garment
Etymology
مَلْبَس comes from the Semitic root ل-ب-س, meaning to wear or put on. The مَـ prefix turns the root into a noun on the مَفْعَل pattern, giving the sense of a thing that is worn. The same root appears across the Semitic family, including Hebrew لָבַשׁ and Akkadian labāšu, both meaning to clothe.
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