ملبوس

Arabic

Root
ل ب س (l-b-s)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of لَبَسَ (labasa, to wear, to put on).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mal.buːs/

Noun

مَلْبُوس • (malbūs) m (plural مَلْبُوسَات (malbūsāt))

  1. an article of clothing; a garment, what is worn (plural form is more common and means clothes)
    صِنَاعَة المَلْبُوسَاتṣināʕa(t) al-malbūsātthe garment industry

Declension

Adjective

مَلْبُوس • (malbūs) (feminine مَلْبُوسَة (malbūsa), masculine plural مَلْبُوسُونَ (malbūsūna), feminine plural مَلْبُوسَات (malbūsāt))

  1. passive participle of لَبَسَ (labasa): worn (past participle of wear)
  2. demon-possessed, possessed

Declension

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “ملبوس”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “ملبوس”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ملبوس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “ملبوس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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