lebes لابس

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“lebes” (لابس) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning dressed, clothed.

Meanings

1. dressed, clothed
2. wearing (clothing, jewelry)

Usage

Lèbes (feminine lebsa, plural lebsin) is the participle of the verb lbes, "to get dressed, to wear". It indicates the state: lèbes kabbout, "he is wearing a coat"; 3lèch lèbes hakka ?, "why are you dressed like that?". It takes the garment directly, without a preposition. The pitfall is confusing it with labès, "fine, well". The two look alike in arabizi but are different words. Context tells them apart.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lebes” but also “labes”, “lebs”, “lebess” and “lebsa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “lebes” on the Arabic keyboard