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ملبس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of clothing and covering, encompassing the act of wearing, the garments themselves, and related actions like dressing and undressing. It also extends to metaphorical uses of covering or concealing.

Derived headwords

مَلْبَسnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentboth

    An item of clothing worn on the body.

  2. 2.
    clothingboth

    Articles of dress collectively; attire.

لَبِسَverb
  1. 1.
    to wearboth

    To have on one's body as clothing or adornment.

  2. 2.
    to put onboth

    To dress oneself in.

  3. 3.
    to put on (someone else)both

    To dress another person.

  4. 4.
    to mix upclassical

    To confuse or jumble things together.

  5. 5.
    to wear (a mask/disguise)both

    To adopt a false appearance or persona.

لِبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    clothingboth

    Garments in general; attire.

  2. 2.
    garmentboth

    A single piece of clothing.

  3. 3.
    coveringboth

    Something that covers or conceals.

  4. 4.
    religious habitboth

    The distinctive clothing worn by members of a religious order.

لَبَّاسadjective
  1. 1.
    wearerboth

    One who wears clothes.

  2. 2.
    well-dressedboth

    Wearing fine or attractive clothes.

تَلَبَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be clothed inboth

    To wear something; to be covered with.

  2. 2.
    to adopt (a quality/state)both

    To take on or assume a characteristic or condition.

  3. 3.
    to be involved inboth

    To be implicated or engaged in something, often something negative.

الْتِبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    confusionboth

    A state of disorder or lack of clarity.

  2. 2.
    ambiguityboth

    The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

  3. 3.
    misunderstandingboth

    A failure to understand something correctly.

مُلْتَبِسadjective
  1. 1.
    confusedboth

    In a state of confusion or bewilderment.

  2. 2.
    ambiguousboth

    Unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.

  3. 3.
    involvedboth

    Implicated or connected with.

لَبُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    A piece of clothing.

  2. 2.
    coveringclassical

    Something that covers.

مَلْبُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    clothingboth

    Garments worn.

  2. 2.
    garmentboth

    An item of clothing.

لَبِسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be confusedclassical

    To be in a state of mental confusion.

Parallel reading

الملنبس: البئر الكثيرة الماء كالقلنبس والقلمس؛ عكلية حكاها كراع.
The plentiful well of water, like the Qalnabis and the Qalamis; a trick mentioned by Kra'a.
كالقلنبس والقلمس
like the Qalnabis and the Qalamis
عكلية حكاها كراع
a trick mentioned by Kra'a