لبسة

Arabic

Root
ل ب س (l-b-s)

Etymology

Instance noun of لَبَسَ (labasa, “to wear, to put on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lib.sa/

Noun

لِبْسَة • (libsa) f

1. a way of clothing; a way of dressing
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 34:79:

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الرَّجُلَ يَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْمَرْأَةَ تَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الرَّجُلِ‏.‏

     laʿana rasūlu l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallama r-rajula yalbasu libsata l-marʾati wa-l-marʾata talbasu libsata r-rajuli.

     The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, cursed men who wear women's attire and women who wear men's attire.

Declension

Declension of noun لِبْسَة (libsa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِبْسَة libsa	اللِّبْسَة al-libsa	لِبْسَة libsat
Nominative	لِبْسَةٌ libsatun	اللِّبْسَةُ al-libsatu	لِبْسَةُ libsatu
Accusative	لِبْسَةً libsatan	اللِّبْسَةَ al-libsata	لِبْسَةَ libsata
Genitive	لِبْسَةٍ libsatin	اللِّبْسَةِ al-libsati	لِبْسَةِ libsati

Descendants

• Maltese: libsa
• Moroccan Arabic: لبسة (labsa)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ل ب س
2 terms

From Arabic لِبْسَة (libsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lab.sa/

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Noun

لبسة • (labsa) f (plural لباسي (lbāsi) or لبسات (labsāt))

1. dress (apparel, clothing)

   جات معاك هاد اللبسة.

   jāt mʕāk hād el-labsa

   This dress suits you.

Related terms

• لبس (lbas)
• لبس (labbas)
• لباس (lbās)