لبس

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Arabic

Root
ل ب س (l-b-s)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.bi.sa/
  • Verb I:
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Verb

لَبِسَ (labisa) I, non-past يَلْبَسُ‎ (yalbasu)

  1. to wear; to put on

Conjugation

Verb

لَبَسَ (labasa) I, non-past يَلْبِسُ‎ (yalbisu)

  1. (transitive) to intermingle (on someone عَلَى (ʕalā))
    لَبَسَ الْأَمْرَ عَلَى أَحْمَدَ
    labasa l-ʔamra ʕalā ʔaḥmada
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:42:
      وَلَا تَلۡبِسُوا۟ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِٱلۡبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكۡتُمُوا۟ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
      wa-lā talbisū l-ḥaqqa bi-l-bāṭili wa-taktumū l-ḥaqqa wa-ʾantum taʿlamūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Used only on abstract matter. For concrete matter, like for example intermingling some substances, use these instead: خَلَطَ (ḵalaṭa), مَزَجَ (mazaja).

Conjugation

Verb

لَبَّسَ (labbasa) II, non-past يُلَبِّسُ‎ (yulabbisu)

  1. to coat, to cover

Conjugation

Noun

لُبْس (lubsm

  1. verbal noun of لَبِسَ (labisa) (form I)

Declension

Noun

لِبْس (libsm (plural لُبُوس (lubūs))

  1. covering, tegument
    • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 41:34:
      هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ لُبُوسِ جُلُودِ السِّبَاعِ وَٱلرُّكُوبِ عَلَيْهَا
      hal taʕlamu ʔanna rasūla l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama nahā ʕan lubūsi julūdi s-sibāʕi war-rukūbi ʕalayhā
      Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade wearing the hides of predators and riding on them?

Declension

Noun

لَبْس (labsm

  1. verbal noun of لَبَسَ (labasa) (form I)
  2. conflation, confusion
  3. (linguistics) ambiguity
    Synonym: اِلْتِبَاس (iltibās)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لبس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 81

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ل ب س
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

لبس (libis) I (non-past يلبس (yilbis))

  1. to wear (to have on (clothes))
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَبَّسَ (labbasa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

لبس (labbis) II (non-past يلبس (yilabbis))

  1. (transitive) to dress
Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ل ب س
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

Pronunciation

Verb

لبس (lbas) I (non-past يلبس (yilbas))

  1. to wear; to put on
    لبست لبسة العرس
    lbast labsat el-ʕurs
    I wore my wedding dress.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

From Arabic لَبَّسَ (labbasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

لبس (labbas) II (non-past يلبس (ylabbas))

  1. (transitive) to dress
    لبسناهم أحسن لباس
    labbasnāhum ʔaḥsan lbās
    We dressed them with the best clothing.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لبس
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لبّست (labbast) لبّستي (labbasti) لبّس (labbas) لبّسنا (labbasna) لبّستوا (labbastu) لبّسوا (labbsu)
f لبّست (labbsāt)
non-past m نلبّس (nlabbas) تلبّس (tlabbas) يلبّس (ylabbas) نلبّسوا (nlabbsu) تلبّسوا (tlabbsu) يلبّسوا (ylabbsu)
f تلبّسي (tlabbsi) تلبّس (tlabbas)
imperative m لبّس (labbas) لبّسوا (labbsu)
f لبّسي (labbsi)

Related terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ب س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَسَ (labasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

لَبَس or لِبِس (labas or libis) I (present بلبس (bilbis), active participle لابس (lābes))

  1. to get dressed, to put on (clothes), to wear
    Antonym: شلح (šalaḥ)
    أي حدا مريض لازم يلبس كمّامة طبّيّة.
    ʔayy ḥada marīḍ lāzem yilbis kammāme ṭabbiyye
    Anyone who is sick must wear a face (lit. medical) mask.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لبس (labas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لبست (labast) لبست (labast) لبس (labas) لبسنا (labasna) لبستو (labastu) لبسو (labasu)
f لبستي (labasti) لبست (labsat)
present m بلبس (balbis) بتلبس (btilbis) بلبس (bilbis) منلبس (mnilbis) بتلبسو (btilbisu) بلبسو (bilbisu)
f بتلبسي (btilbisi) بتلبس (btilbis)
subjunctive m ألبس (ʔalbis) تلبس (tilbis) يلبس (yilbis) نلبس (nilbis) تلبسو (tilbisu) يلبسو (yilbisu)
f تلبسي (tilbisi) تلبس (tilbis)
imperative m البس (ilbis) البسو (ilbisu)
f البسي (ilbisi)
    Conjugation of لبس (libis)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لبست (lbist) لبست (lbist) لبس (libis) لبسنا (lbisna) لبستو (lbistu) لبسو (libsu)
f لبستي (lbisti) لبست (libsat)
present m بلبس (balbis) بتلبس (btilbis) بلبس (bilbis) منلبس (mnilbis) بتلبسو (btilbisu) بلبسو (bilbisu)
f بتلبسي (btilbisi) بتلبس (btilbis)
subjunctive m ألبس (ʔalbis) تلبس (tilbis) يلبس (yilbis) نلبس (nilbis) تلبسو (tilbisu) يلبسو (yilbisu)
f تلبسي (tilbisi) تلبس (tilbis)
imperative m البس (ilbis) البسو (ilbisu)
f البسي (ilbisi)