libsa

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Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لِبْسة (libsa, “attire, choice of clothes”, in dialects also “garment, dress”).

Pronunciation

Noun

libsa f (plural lbiesi)

  1. garment, piece of clothing
  2. (usually) dress (kind of women's garment)
    • 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.
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