libes

libes

See also: libés

Latin

Verb

lībēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

    Inherited from Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛs/
    • Rhymes: -ɪbɛs

    Verb

    libes (imperfect jilbes, past participle milbus, active participle liebes)

    1. (transitive) to wear (clothes)
      Synonym: xedd
    2. (transitive) to put on (clothes)
      Synonym: xedd
      Antonym: neża’
      • 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.
    3. (intransitive) to dress oneself, to get dressed
      Antonym: neża’

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of libes (Form I)
    positive forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m lbist lbist libes lbisna lbistu libsu
    f libset
    imperfect m nilbes tilbes jilbes nilbsu tilbsu jilbsu
    f tilbes
    imperative ilbes ilbsu
    negative forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m lbistx lbistx libes lbisniex lbistux libsux
    f libsitx
    imperfect m nilbisx tilbisx jilbisx nilbsux tilbsux jilbsux
    f tilbisx
    imperative tilbisx tilbsux

    Spanish

    Verb

    libes

    1. second-person singular present subjunctive of libar