libsa

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic لِبْسة (libsa, “attire, choice of clothes”, in dialects also “garment, dress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪp.sa/

Noun

libsa f (plural lbiesi)

1. garment, piece of clothing
2. (usually) dress (kind of women's garment)
   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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.