lbes لبس
Algerian Darja · verb
“lbes” (لبس) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to wear, put on.
Meanings
- to wear, put on
- to get dressed
- clothes, outfit (noun)
Usage
Lbes, present yalbes, takes the garment directly as its object: lbes jakita ("he put on a jacket"). Used alone, it means to get dressed: rani nalbes ("I'm getting dressed"). To dress someone else, the form lebbes is used: lebbes wlidou ("he dressed his son"). The noun lbes refers to clothes or an outfit in general. For example, lbes tqlidi means traditional dress, and lebsa refers to a specific outfit. Note that English distinguishes "put on" from "wear", whereas lbes covers both.
Example
لبس الجاكيطة تاعو وخرج
lbes la jakita ta3ou w khrej
“He put on his jacket and went out.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lbes” but also “lebes”, “lbess”, “labes” and “lbs”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lbes” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to wear, to put on”; “to get dressed”: lbes in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to wear, put on”; “to get dressed”: lbes in Tunisian.