# لبس
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.bi.sa/
* Verb I: Audio:(file)

### Verb

لَبِسَ • (labisa) I (non-past يَلْبَسُ (yalbasu), verbal noun لُبْس (lubs))
* (transitive) to wear; to put on (clothing)
* to clothe oneself, to get dressed
** 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 204:طلبتُ منها أن تلبس وتستعدّ للخروج. أخذتها إلى مستشفى خاصّI bade her to get dressed and ready to leave the house. I took her to a a private hospital […] [translit?]

#### Conjugation
### Verb

لَبَسَ • (labasa) I (non-past يَلْبِسُ (yalbisu), verbal noun لَبْس (labs))
* (transitive) to intermingle (on someone عَلَى (ʕalā))
    لَبَسَ الْأَمْرَ عَلَى أَحْمَدَlabasa al-ʔamra ʕalā ʔaḥmada(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:42:وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَwa-lā talbisū l-ḥaqqa bi-l-bāṭili wa-taktumū l-ḥaqqa wa-ʔantum taʕlamūnaDo not mix truth with falsehood or hide the truth knowingly.

#### 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), verbal noun تَلْبِيس (talbīs))
* to coat, to cover

#### Conjugation
### Noun

لُبْس • (lubs) m
* verbal noun of لَبِسَ (labisa) (form I)

#### Declension
### Noun

لِبْس • (libs) m (plural لُبُوس (lubūs))
* covering, tegument
** 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 41:34:هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ لُبُوسِ جُلُودِ السِّبَاعِ وَٱلرُّكُوبِ عَلَيْهَاhal taʕlamu ʔanna rasūla llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama nahā ʕan lubūsi julūdi s-sibāʕi wa-r-rukūbi ʕalayhāDo you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade wearing the hides of predators and riding on them?

#### Declension
### Noun

لَبْس • (labs) m
* verbal noun of لَبَسَ (labasa) (form I)
* conflation, confusion
* (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
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Verb

لبس • (libis) I (non-past يلبس (yilbis))
* to wear (to have on (clothes))

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَبَّسَ (labbasa).

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Verb

لبس • (labbis) II (non-past يلبس (yilabbis))
* (transitive) to dress

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lbas/

#### Verb

لبس • (lbas) I (non-past يلبس (yilbas))
* to wear; to put on
    لبست لبسة العرس ― lbast labsat el-ʕurs ― I wore my wedding dress.

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَبَّسَ (labbasa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lab.bas/

#### Verb

لبس • (labbas) II (non-past يلبس (ylabbas))
* (transitive) to dress
    لبسناهم أحسن لباس ― labbasnāhum ʔaḥsan lbās ― We dressed them with the best clothing.

##### Conjugation
### Related terms

* لبسة (labsa)
* لباس (lbās)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.bas/, [ˈla.bas]
* IPA: /li.bis/, [ˈli.bɪs]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَبَسَ (labasa).

#### Verb

لَبَس or لِبِس • (labas or libis) I (present بلبس (bilbis), active participle لابس (lābes))
* 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 ṭabbiyyeAnyone who is sick must wear a face (lit. medical) mask.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَبَّسَ (labbasa).

#### Verb

لَبّس • (labbas) II (present بلبّس (blabbis), active participle ملبّس (mlabbas))
* to dress, to clothe, to cause to wear
* to pin the blame on, to frame
** 2024, Tima Shomali, Shirin Kamal, Islam Alshomali, chapter 3 (38:26 from the start), in مدرسة الروابي للبنات [AlRawabi School for Girls], season 2 (Télévision Series), spoken by Shams (Thalia Elansari), Jordan, published 2024 via Netflix:بظن إنهم عم يحاولوا يلبسوكِ الموضوعI think they're trying to pin this on you.