libes

See also: libés

Latin

Verb

lībēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

Maltese

Root
l-b-s
5 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic لَبِسَ (labisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɪbɛs

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 (Form I, sound, i-e ~ i-e)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	lbistx	lbistx	libisx	lbisniex	lbistux	libsux
	f			libsitx
imperfect	m	nilbisx	tilbisx	jilbisx	nilbsux	tilbsux	jilbsux
	f			tilbisx
imperative			tilbisx			tilbsux

Spanish

Verb

libes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of libar