# ልብስ
## Amharic
### Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Arabic لِبَاس (libās, “clothes”).

### Noun

ልብስ • (ləbs) ?
* clothes

## Ge'ez

* Root
* ለ-በ-ሰ (lä-bä-sä)
* 2 terms

### Etymology

See ለብሰ (läbsä).

### Noun

ልብስ • (ləbs) m (plural አልባስ (ʾälbas) or አልባሳት (ʾälbasat))
* clothes, clothing, tunic, veil
** Exodus 36:35
    ወገብሩ ፡ አልባሰ ፡ ዐፅፍ ፡ ዘሜላት ፡ ግብረ ፡ ማእነም ፡ ለአሮን ፡ ወለደቂቁ ፤wägäbru ʾälbasä ʿäṣ́f zämelat gəbrä maʾnäm läʾäron wälädäḳiḳu ;And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen;

#### Declension

| Number | State | State | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | ልብስ (ləbs) | ልብሰ (ləbsä) |
| singular | construct | construct | ልብሰ (ləbsä) | ልብሰ (ləbsä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ልብስየ (ləbsəyä) | ልብስየ (ləbsəyä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ልብስከ (ləbsəkä) | ልብሰከ (ləbsäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ልብስኪ (ləbsəki) | ልብሰኪ (ləbsäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ልብሱ (ləbsu) | ልብሶ (ləbso) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ልብሳ (ləbsa) | ልብሳ (ləbsa) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ልብስነ (ləbsənä) | ልብሰነ (ləbsänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ልብስክሙ (ləbsəkmu) | ልብሰክሙ (ləbsäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ልብስክን (ləbsəkn) | ልብሰክን (ləbsäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ልብሶሙ (ləbsomu) | ልብሶሙ (ləbsomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ልብሶን (ləbson) | ልብሶን (ləbson) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | አልባስ (ʾälbas) | አልባሰ (ʾälbasä) |
| plural | construct | construct | አልባሰ (ʾälbasä) | አልባሰ (ʾälbasä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | አልባስየ (ʾälbasyä) | አልባስየ (ʾälbasyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | አልባሲከ (ʾälbasikä) | አልባሲከ (ʾälbasikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | አልባስኪ (ʾälbaski); አልባሲኪ (ʾälbasiki) | አልባስኪ (ʾälbaski); አልባሲኪ (ʾälbasiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | አልባሲሁ (ʾälbasihu) | አልባሲሁ (ʾälbasihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | አልባሲሃ (ʾälbasiha) | አልባሲሃ (ʾälbasiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | አልባሲነ (ʾälbasinä) | አልባሲነ (ʾälbasinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | አልባሲክሙ (ʾälbasikmu) | አልባሲክሙ (ʾälbasikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | አልባሲክን (ʾälbasikn) | አልባሲክን (ʾälbasikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | አልባሲሆሙ (ʾälbasihomu) | አልባሲሆሙ (ʾälbasihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | አልባሲሆን (ʾälbasihon) | አልባሲሆን (ʾälbasihon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | አልባሳት (ʾälbasat) | አልባሳተ (ʾälbasatä) |
| plural | construct | construct | አልባሳተ (ʾälbasatä) | አልባሳተ (ʾälbasatä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | አልባሳትየ (ʾälbasatyä) | አልባሳትየ (ʾälbasatyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | አልባሳቲከ (ʾälbasatikä) | አልባሳቲከ (ʾälbasatikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | አልባሳትኪ (ʾälbasatki); አልባሳቲኪ (ʾälbasatiki) | አልባሳትኪ (ʾälbasatki); አልባሳቲኪ (ʾälbasatiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | አልባሳቲሁ (ʾälbasatihu) | አልባሳቲሁ (ʾälbasatihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | አልባሳቲሃ (ʾälbasatiha) | አልባሳቲሃ (ʾälbasatiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | አልባሳቲነ (ʾälbasatinä) | አልባሳቲነ (ʾälbasatinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | አልባሳቲክሙ (ʾälbasatikmu) | አልባሳቲክሙ (ʾälbasatikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | አልባሳቲክን (ʾälbasatikn) | አልባሳቲክን (ʾälbasatikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | አልባሳቲሆሙ (ʾälbasatihomu) | አልባሳቲሆሙ (ʾälbasatihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | አልባሳቲሆን (ʾälbasatihon) | አልባሳቲሆን (ʾälbasatihon) |

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “ልብስ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel