ملبس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل ب س (l-b-s), cf. لَبِسَ (labisa, “to wear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.bas/

Noun

مَلْبَس • (malbas) f (plural مَلَابِس (malābis))

1. garment, dress, suit
2. (in the plural) clothes, clothing

Declension

Declension of noun مَلْبَس (malbas)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْبَس malbas	الْمَلْبَس al-malbas	مَلْبَس malbas
Nominative	مَلْبَسٌ malbasun	الْمَلْبَسُ al-malbasu	مَلْبَسُ malbasu
Accusative	مَلْبَسًا malbasan	الْمَلْبَسَ al-malbasa	مَلْبَسَ malbasa
Genitive	مَلْبَسٍ malbasin	الْمَلْبَسِ al-malbasi	مَلْبَسِ malbasi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْبَسَيْن malbasayn	الْمَلْبَسَيْن al-malbasayn	مَلْبَسَيْ malbasay
Nominative	مَلْبَسَانِ malbasāni	الْمَلْبَسَانِ al-malbasāni	مَلْبَسَا malbasā
Accusative	مَلْبَسَيْنِ malbasayni	الْمَلْبَسَيْنِ al-malbasayni	مَلْبَسَيْ malbasay
Genitive	مَلْبَسَيْنِ malbasayni	الْمَلْبَسَيْنِ al-malbasayni	مَلْبَسَيْ malbasay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَابِس malābis	الْمَلَابِس al-malābis	مَلَابِس malābis
Nominative	مَلَابِسُ malābisu	الْمَلَابِسُ al-malābisu	مَلَابِسُ malābisu
Accusative	مَلَابِسَ malābisa	الْمَلَابِسَ al-malābisa	مَلَابِسَ malābisa
Genitive	مَلَابِسَ malābisa	الْمَلَابِسِ al-malābisi	مَلَابِسِ malābisi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملبس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN