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ل-ب-س

wearing, clothes

A2ElementaryAppears 23 times in the Quran

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6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فَعِلَ
Form I verb (i)
فَعِلَ = a basic verb, often a feeling or a state
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- لَبِسَ
  to wear, put on
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  يَلْبَسُ
  Command
  اِلْبَسْ
مَفَاعِل
Plural مَفَاعِل
مَفَاعِل = plural of a مَفْعَل place noun
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- مَلَابِسُ
  clothes (plural of مَلْبَس, a garment)
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  مَحَلُّ مَلَابِسٍ a clothes shop
فِعَال
Noun فِعَال
فِعَال = a thing (كِتَاب) or a plural (كِبَار)
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- لِبَاسٌ
  clothing, dress, attire
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فِعْل
Short noun فِعْل
فِعْل = a short abstract noun
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- لِبْسٌ
  wearing; clothing
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فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- لَابِسٌ
  wearing
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  Feminine
  لَابِسَةٌ
أَفْعَلَ
Form IV verb
أَفْعَلَ = make it happen
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- أَلْبَسَ
  to dress (someone)
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  يُلْبِسُ

How the patterns shape this root

لَبِسَ (فَعِلَ) is to wear or put on: اِلْبَسْ, put it on. مَلَابِس, clothes, is the plural of مَلْبَس, a garment on the مَفْعَل pattern — مَحَلُّ مَلَابِسٍ, a clothes shop; لِبَاس is clothing or dress as a whole. لَابِس (فَاعِل) is 'wearing', and form IV أَلْبَسَ is to dress someone else.

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