libes

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See also: libés

Latin

Verb

lībēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَسَ (labasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

libes (imperfect jilbes, past participle milbus, active participle liebes)

  1. (transitive) to wear (clothes)
    Synonym: xedd
  2. (transitive) to put on (clothes)
    Synonym: xedd
    Antonym: neża’
    • Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:
      Fis-sajf il-għolja
      libset il-libsa skura
      tal-ħaxix niexef.
      In summer the hill
      put on the brown frock
      of the fried grass.
  3. (intransitive) to dress oneself, to get dressed
    Antonym: neża’

Conjugation

Conjugation of libes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m lbist lbist libes lbisna lbistu libsu
f libset
imperfect m nilbes tilbes jilbes nilbsu tilbsu jilbsu
f tilbes
imperative ilbes ilbsu

Spanish

Verb

libes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of libar