Arabic for wear

labisa

ﻟَﺒِﺲَ

wear – past tense he

yalbasu

ﻳَﻠﺒَﺲُ

wear – present tense he

The Arabic verb for wear is written ﻟَﺒِﺲَ and pronunced labisa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻠﺒَﺲُ and pronounced yalbasu. See more conjugations

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Category: clothes

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word wear

She left the castle wearing simple and modest clothes.

ghaadarat alqaSra wahiya talbasu thawban basiiTan mutawaaDi3an

ﻏَﺎﺩَﺭَﺕ ﺍَﻟﻘَﺼﺮَ ﻭَﻫِﻲَ ﺗَﻠﺒَﺲُ ﺛَﻮﺑﺎً ﺑَﺴِﻴﻄﺎً ﻣُﺘَﻮَﺍﺿِﻌﺎً

He wore nothing but rags.

lam yalbas 'illaa khiraqan

ﻟَﻢ ﻳَﻠﺒَﺲ ﺇِﻟَّﺎ ﺧِﺮَﻗﺎً

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Important letters: ﻝ ﺏ ﺱ

The root of the word wear consists of three Arabic letters: lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l, beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b and sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to wear

The letters of wear

ﻟَﺒِﺲَ

ﻟـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺲ

ﻟـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺲ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

ﺏ

ﺑـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺐ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

lam

beh

sin

The Arabic word for wear consists of: The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺒـ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ـﺲ ) and pronounced s and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻟَﺒِﺲَ and pronounced labisa.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for wear

fa3ila becomes labisa

We have seen that the Arabic word for wear is written ﻟَﺒِﺲَ and pronounced labisa. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are l, b and s, the word becomes labisa.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns