libsa

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لِبْسة (libsa, “attire, choice of clothes”, in dialects also “garment, dress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪp.sa/

Noun

libsa f (plural lbiesi)

1. garment, piece of clothing
2. (usually) dress (kind of women's garment)
   • Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

     Fis-sajf il-għolja
     libset il-libsa skura
     tal-ħaxix niexef.

     In summer the hill
     put on the brown frock
     of the fried grass.