libes

See also: libés

Latin

Verb

lībēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَسَ (labasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛs/

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

		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

Spanish

Verb

libes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of libar