لبس

4 البسهُ الثَّوْبَ ذ [ He put on him, or clad or decked him with, the garment, and so, vulg., ↓ لبّسهُ]. (M, Msb.) ― -b2- البسهُ also signifies He, or it, covered him, or it: (K:) or overspread him, or it; i. e. covered the whole thereof. (AA.) You say, الحَرَّةُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِى أَلْبَسَتْهَا حِجَارَةٌ سُودٌ [ The حرّة is ground which black stones have covered, or covered the wholly ]. (TA.) And أَلْبَسَتِ السَّمَاآءَ السَّحَابُ. (TA,) or أَلْبَسَ, (AA,) [ The clouds covered the sky, &c.;] but you do not say, لَبِسَ السَّمَاآءُ السَّحَابَ. (AA.) And أَلْبَسَنَا اللَّيْلُ [ The night covered us, &c.]; but not لَبِسْنَا اللَّيْلَ. (AA.) And البسهُ الشَّبَابُ: see 1 in art. غطو and غطى. -A2- أَلْبَسَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered by plants, or herbage. (M.) -A3- See also 8.