لبس

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Form 1لَبِسَ الثَّوْبَ5 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarلُبْسٌ لَبْسٌ

Core sense — he put on the garment; he made the affair confused; he consorted with peoplegenerated

1.1put on your garment—اِلْبَسْ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْبَكَ

He put on, or wore, the garment.; maṣdar لُبْسٌ and لِبَاسٌ.

he wore, or put on, the weapon, or weapons—لَبِسَ السِّلَاحَ

So in the article on سلح and elsewhere.

on this sense See also form 5.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe put on modesty as a garment; he protected himself by modesty—لَبِسَ الحَيَآءَ لِبَاسًا

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe feigned himself inattentive to him, or heedless of him—لَبِسَ لَهُ أُذُنَهُ

See also أُذُنٌ.

I was silent about such a thing and feigned myself deaf to it—لَبِسْتُ عَلَى كَذَا أَذُنِى

The opposite of نَشَرْتُ لَهُ أُذُنِى.

1.1.3figurative · مجازhe had the enjoyment of a woman, or wife, for a long time—لَبِسَ ٱمْرَأَةً

he had such a girl, or woman, with him all through his youth—لَبِسَ فُلَانَةَ عُمْرَهُ

he lived with the people—لَبِسَ الناسَ

he lived with the people a period, or a long period, of time—لَبِسَ قَوْمًا

That is, of her converse and services.

The period is دَهْرًا.

[And لَبِسَ أَبَاهُ, which is explained in the TA by مَلَّهُ, a reading I also find in a copy of the A thought to have been used by the author of the TA: but from what follows it seems to me that the right reading is مُلِّيَهُ, and the meaning, He enjoyed long life with his father; or he lived the period that his father lived; or he lived with his father all his father's life: see a verse of Ibn-Aḥmar cited under أَبْلَى in the article on بلو. See also a verse of El-'Ajjāj cited under خَلَجَ.]

I took, or chose, such a one particularly as a friend or companion—لَبِسْتُ فُلَانًا

Er-Rāghib, under بطن.

consort with men [according to their natural dispositions]—اِلْبَسِ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَخْلَاقهِمِْ

I tolerated such a one and accepted him—لَبِسْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى مَا فِيهِ

[And continued to associate with him, in spite of what was in him.]

1.2he made the thing, or case, or affair, confused to him—لَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ

It also means he made the thing, or case, or affair, dubious to him. [لبّسهُ: both mean he involved the thing, or case, or affair, in confusion, or doubt, to him; and he concealed, disguised, or cloaked it to him.]

he made the thing, or case, or affair, confused to him, more intensely—لبّسهُ

Maṣdar تَلْبِيسٌ.

Or it means either as above, or he concealed the thing, or case, or affair, from him.

تَلْبِيسٌ is synonymous with تَدْلِيسٌ, or similar to it.

and we would make confused to them what they make confused—وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ

and do not confound the truth with falsity—وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْباطِلِ

and have not mixed up their belief with polytheism—وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ

or to confuse your case with the confusion of discordance and of agreement—أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا

he, or it, made me become confounded, or in doubt, about his case, or affair—لَبَسَنِى

Qur'ān 6:9. Or: make dubious to them what they make dubious, and would make them err as they have made others err.

Ibn-'Arafeh; Qur'ān 2:39.

Qur'ān 6:82.

Qur'ān 6:65; making you to be of different parties.

Explained by جَعَلَنِى أَلْتَبِسُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 10

2:42

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).

3:71

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal the Truth, while ye have knowledge?

6:9

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ

If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion.

6:82

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

"It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong - that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance."

44:53

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. لَبَسَ , inf. n. لُبْسٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and لِبَاسٌ , (M,) [He put on, or wore, the garment.] You also say, اِلْبَسْ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْبَكَ [Put on thee thy garment]. (M.) And لَبِسَ السِّلَاحَ [He wore, or put on, the weapon, or weapons]. (S, K, in art. سلح , &c.) [See also 5.] لَبِسَ الحَيَآءَ لِبَاسًا [He put on pudency as a garment;] he protected himself by pudency. (IKtt.) لَبِسَ لَهُ أُذُنَهُ He feigned himself inattentive to him, or heedless of him. (M. [See also أُذُنٌ .]) And لَبِسْتُ عَلَى كَذَا أَذُنِى I was silent respecting such a thing, and feigned myself deaf to it. (A.) [Contr. of نَشَرْتُ لَهُ أُذُنِى .] لَبِسَ ٱمْرَأَةً He had the enjoyment of a woman, or wife, [meaning, of her converse and services,] for a long time. (K, TA.) And لَبِسَ فُلَانَةَ عُمْرَهُ He had such a girl, or woman, with him during the whole period of his youth. (K, TA.) And لَبِسَ الناسَ He lived with the people. (A.) And لَبِسَ قَوْمًا He lived, or enjoyed, a period of time, or a long period of time, ( دَهْرًا ,) with the people. (K, * TA.) [And لَبِسَ أَبَاهُ , which is explained in the TA by مَلَّهُ , which I also find in a copy of the A thought to have been used by the author of the TA: but, from what follows, it appears to me that the right reading is مُلِّيَهُ , and the meaning, He enjoyed long life with his father: or he lived the period that his father lived: or he lived with his father all his (the latter's) life: see a verse of Ibn-Ahmar cited voce أَبْلَى in art. بلو . See also a verse of El-'Ajjáj cited voce خَلَجَ .] You say also, لَبِسْتُ فُلَانًا I took, or chose, such a one particularly, or specially, as a friend or companion. (Er-Rághib in TA art. بطن .) And اِلْبَسِ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَخْلَاقهِمِْ Consort thou with men [according to their natural dispositions]. (A, TA.) And لَبِسْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى مَا فِيهِ I tolerated such a one, and accepted him, [and continued to associate with him, notwithstanding what was in him.] (A, TA.) لَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ , (S, M, A, Msb, K,) aor. لَبِسَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. لَبْسٌ , (S, M, Msb,) He made, or rendered, the thing, or case, or affair, confused to him: (S, M, Msb, K:) and لبّسهُ , (A, Msb,) inf. n. تَلْبِيسٌ , (S, K,) signifies the same in an intensive degree: (S, * Msb, K: *) or the former signifies either as above, or he concealed the thing, or case, or affair, from him: (R, MF:) and [in like manner] تَلْبِيسٌ is syn. with تَدْلِيسٌ , (K,) or is similar thereto: (S:) and the former also signifies he made, or rendered, the thing, or case, or affair, dubious to him; (TA;) [as also لبّسهُ : both signify he involved the thing, or case, or affair, in confusion, or doubt, to him: and he concealed, disguised, or cloaked, it to him.] It is said in the Kur., [vi. 9,] وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ And we would make confused to them what they make confused: (S, Msb:) or make dubious to them what they make dubious, and would make them to err like as they have made to err. (TA.) And again, [ii. 39,] وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْباطِلِ And do not ye confound the truth with falsity. (Ibn- 'Arafeh.) And again, [vi. 82,] وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ And have not mixed up their belief with polytheism. (TA.) And again, [vi. 65,] أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا Or to confuse your case, [making you to be of different parties,] with the confusion of discordance and of agreement. (TA.) You say also, لَبَسَنِى , meaning, He, or it, made me to become confounded, or in doubt, ( جَعَلَنِى أَلْتَبِسُ ,) respecting his case, or affair. (TA, from a trad.)

Form 2لَبَّسَ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he involved a thing in confusion, or doubt; he practised concealmentgenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.1.1

See also form 8.

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[He put on him, or clad or decked him with, the garment, and so, vulg., لبّسهُ ]. (M, Msb.) البسهُ also signifies He, or it, covered him, or it: (K:) or overspread him, or it; i. e. covered the whole thereof. (AA.) You say, الحَرَّةُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِى أَلْبَسَتْهَا حِجَارَةٌ سُودٌ [The حرّة is ground which black stones have covered, or covered the wholly]. (TA.) And أَلْبَسَتِ السَّمَآءَ السَّحَابُ . (TA,) or أَلْبَسَ , (AA,) [The clouds covered the sky, &c.;] but you do not say, لَبِسَ السَّمَآءُ السَّحَابَ . (AA.) And أَلْبَسَنَا اللَّيْلُ [The night covered us, &c.]; but not لَبِسْنَا اللَّيْلَ . (AA.) And البسهُ الشَّبَابُ : see 1 in art. غطو and غطى . أَلْبَسَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered by plants, or herbage. (M.) See also 8.

Form 5تلبّس بِالثَّوْبِ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he clad himself with the garment; he busied himself with the affairgenerated

5.1he clad himself with goodly clothing—تلبّس بِلِبَاسٍ حَسَنٍ

He clad himself with the garment; literally, he mixed himself with it, being explained by إِخْتَلَطَ.

Also لِبَاسًا حَسَنًا.

5.1.1he busied himself with the affair, engaged in it, became involved in it—تلبّس بِالأَمْرِ

Also التبس بِهِ.

he busied himself with it—لَابَسَ الأَمْرَ

Synonymous with خَالَطَهُ.

he busied himself with his work, or the like—لَابَسَ عَمَلَهُ

Also التبس بِهِ and تلبسّ بِهِ.

on this sense See form 8.

5.1.2the food stuck to the hand—تلبّس الطَّعَامُ بِاليَدِ

5.1.3the thing — love, for instance — mingled with me and clung to me—تلبّس بِىَ الأَمْرُ

[See an example in a verse cited under عَطْفَةٌ.]

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(S, K) He clad himself [lit. mixed himself, being explained by إِخْتَلَطَ ,] with the garment. (K.) You say, تلبّس بِلِبَاسٍ حَسَنٍ and لِبَاسًا حَسَنًا [He clad himself with goodly clothing]. (A, TA.) [Hence,] تلبّس بِالأَمْرِ (S, K) [and التبس بِهِ ] He employed, busied, or occupied, himself [lit. mixed himself] with the affair; engaged in it; entered into it; became involved in it, or implicated in it; (K;) and [in like manner] لَابَسَ الأَمْرَ , syn. خَالَطَهُ . (S, K. *) You say also, لَابَسَ عَمَلَهُ and التبس بِهِ and تلبسّ بِهِ [He employed, busied, or occupied, himself with his work, or the like]. (A, TA.) [See 8.] تلبّس الطَّعَامُ بِاليَدِ The food stuck to the hand. (K.) تلبّس بِىَ الأَمْرُ The thing, as, for instance, love, mingled with me, and clung to me. (M.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce عَطْفَةٌ .]

Form 8التبس5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became confused, or dubious; it became entangledgenerated

8.1

It became entangled, said of spun thread. Lth, Az and Sgh, under عسر.

8.1.1the thing, or affair, became confused and dubious to him—التبس عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ

It became involved, confounded, or confused, and dubious, said of a thing, or an affair, or a case; also أَلْبَسَ and لَبَّسَ.

It belongs to the class of بَيَّنَ in the phrase

shāhid

قَدْ بَيَّنَ الصُّبْحُ لِذِى عَيْنَيْنِ

[You say التبس الشَّىْءُ بِشَىْءٍ آخَرَ: the thing became confounded with another thing; as, for instance, a noun with an ism fāʿil when both are written in the same way, as with كَاهِلٌ.]

he, or it, made me become confounded, or in doubt, about his case, or affair—جَعَلَنِى أَلْتَبِسُ فِى أَمْرِهِ

I became disordered in my mind—اُلْتُبِسَ بِى

8.1.2

التبس بِعَمَلِهِ and the like: see form 5.

8.1.3figurative · مجازthe horsemen overtook him—اِلْتَبَسَتْ بِهِ الخَيْلُ

8.1.4

التبس بِهِ also means he, or it, made it to be, or had it, as an accompaniment, or an adjunct.

Hence one of the uses of the preposition بِ is explained by some as being لِلْاِلْتِبَاسِ, by others لِلْمُلَابَسَةِ or لِلْمُصَاحَبَةِ, all of which mean nearly the same.

For instance, it is said in the Mgh, under توج, that in the phrase التَّمَاثِيلُ بِالتِيجَانِ, “the effigies with the crowns”, on pieces of money, بالتيجان is used as a denotative of state, meaning مُلْتَبِسَةً بِالِتّيجَانِ and مَقْرُونَةً مَعَهَا, accompanied with the crowns, as their attributes.

And نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ, “we declare Your remoteness from evil, with the praising of You”, in Qur'ān 2:28, is explained by Bd and others as meaning مُلْتَبِسِينَ بِحَمْدِكَ, making the praising of You an accompaniment, or an adjunct, to our doing that.

And تَنْبُتُ بِٱلدُّهْنِ, “growing, with oil”, in Qur'ān 23:20, as meaning مُلْتَبِسًا بِالدُّهْنِ, having oil as an accompaniment to its growth.

Sometimes, in such instances, we find مُتَلَبِّسًا and مُتَلَبِّسِينَ in the places of مُلْتَبِسًا and مُلْتَبِسِينَ. See form 5.

Qur’ān 2:30 approximate — somewhere between 2:29 and 2:55 Lane cites “Kur ii. 28”

Qur’ān 2:42 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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It (spun thread) became entangled. (Lth, Az, Sgh, in TA, art. عسر .) It (a thing, or an affair, or a case) became [involved, complicated,] confounded, or confused, (S, M, Msb, *) and dubious; (S, Msb;) as also أَلْبَسَ , (TA,) and لَبَّسَ , which last belongs to the class of بَيَّنَ in the phrase 1 (M, TA.) [You say, التبس الشَّىْءُ بِشَىْءٍ آخَرَ The thing became confounded with another thing; as, for instance, a subst. with a part. n. when both are written in the same manner, as in the case of كَاهِلٌ .] And التبس عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ The thing, or affair, became confused and dubious to him. (S.) And جَعَلَنِى أَلْتَبِسُ فِى أَمْرِهِ [He, or it, made me to become confounded, or in doubt, respecting his case, or affair]. (TA.) And اُلْتُبِسَ بِى I was, or became, disordered in my mind. (K, * TA, from a trad.) قَدْ بَيَّنَ الصُّبْحُ لِذِى عَيْنَيْنِ التبس بِعَمَلِهِ &c.: see 5. اِلْتَبَسَتْ بِهِ الخَيْلُ The horsemen overtook him. (A, TA.) [ التبس بِهِ also signifies He, or it, made it to be, or had it, as an accompaniment, or an adjunct. Hence, one of the uses of the preposition بِ is explained by some as being لِلْاِلْتِبَاسِ : by others, لِلْمُلَابَسَةِ , or لِلْمُصَاحَبَةِ : all of which signify nearly the same. For instance, it is said in the Mgh, art. توج , that in the phrase التَّمَاثِيلُ بِالتِيجَانِ “ the effigies with the crowns ” upon pieces of money, بالتيجان is used as a denotative of state, meaning مُلْتَبِسَةً بِالِتّيجَانِ and مَقْرُونَةً مَعَهَا accompanied with the crowns, as their attributes: and نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ “ we declare thy remoteness from evil, with the praising of Thee, ” in the Kur ii. 28, is explained by Bd and others as meaning, مُلْتَبِسِينَ بِحَمْدِكَ making the praising of Thee to be as an accompaniment, or an adjunct, to our doing that: and تَنْبُتُ بِٱلدُّهْنِ “ growing, with oil ”, in the same, xxiii. 20, as meaning, مُلْتَبِسًا بِالدُّهْنِ having oil as an accompaniment to its growth. Sometimes, in such instances, we find مُتَلَبِّسًا and مُتَلَبِّسِينَ in the places of مُلْتَبِسًا and مُلْتَبِسِينَ : see 5.]

Derived nouns 20

Nounلَبْسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — confusedness of a thing or affair; the confusedness of darkness at nightfallgenerated

1in his judgment, or opinion, is confusedness—فِى رَأْيِهِ لَبْسٌ

Confusedness of a thing, or an affair, or a case; also لَبَسٌ. [And لُبْسٌ, لُبْسَةٌ, لَبُوسَةٌ and لُبُوسَةٌ have the same, or a similar, meaning.]

in the thing, or affair, or case, is confusedness and dubiousness; obscurity, or want of clearness—فِى الأَمْرِ لُبْسَةٌ

Also لُبْسٌ.

in his discourse is confusedness and dubiousness; it is not clear—فِى حَدِيثِهِ لُبْسَةٌ

in his language is confusedness and dubiousness—فِى كَلَامِهِ لَبُوسَةٌ

Also لُبُوسَةٌ.

1.1

Also the confusedness of darkness, or the beginning of night.

Qur’ānic occurrences لَبْس

50:15

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation?

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Confusedness of a thing or an affair or a case; as also لَبَسٌ : (M:) [and لُبْسٌ and لُبْسَةٌ and لَبُوسَةٌ and لُبُوسَةٌ have the same, or a similar, signification.] You say, فِى رَأْيِهِ لَبْسٌ In his judgment, or opinion, is confusedness. (K.) And فِى الأَمْرِ لُبْسَةٌ (S, M, * A, Msb, K *) and لُبْسٌ (M, A, Msb.) In the thing, or affair, or case, is confusedness, and dubiousness; (S, M, Msb, K; *) obscureness, or want of clearness. (S, A.) And فِى حَدِيثِهِ لُبْسَةٌ In his discourse is confusedness and dubiousness; it is not clear. (TA.) And فِى كَلَامِهِ لَبُوسَةٌ and لُبُوسَةٌ In his language is confusedness and dubiousness. (M.) Also, The confusedness of darkness, or the beginning of night. (S.)

Nounلُبْسٌ2 senses

Core sense — confusedness of a thing or affair; clothinggenerated

See لَبْسٌ, in two places.

And see لِبَاسٌ.

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: see لَبْسٌ , in two places: and see لِبَاسٌ .

Nounلِبْسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — clothing, dress, what is worngenerated

See لِبَاسٌ, in five places.

1.1

And see لِبْسَةٌ.

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: see لِبَاسٌ , in five places: and see لِبْسَةٌ .

Nounلَبَسٌ1 sense

Core sense — confusedness of a thing or affairgenerated

See لَبْسٌ.

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: see لَبْسٌ .

Nounلَبِسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man possessing clothing, dress, or apparelgenerated

A man possessing clothing, dress, or apparel; a possessive adjective.

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A man possessing clothing, dress, or apparel: a possessive epithet. (Sb, M.)

Nounلَبْسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single act of putting on, or wearing, a garmentgenerated

1I put on, or wore, the garment once—لَبِسْتُ الثَّوْبَ لَبْسَةً وَاحِدَةً

[A single act of putting on, or wearing, a garment.]

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[A single art of putting on, or wearing, a garment]. You say, لَبِسْتُ الثَّوْبَ لَبْسَةً وَاحِدَةً [I put on, or wore, the garment once]. (TA.)

Nounلُبْسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — confusedness, or dubiousness, of a thing or affairgenerated

See لَبْسٌ, in three places.

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: see لَبْسٌ , in three places.

Nounلِبْسَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a way of dressing oneself; a certain sort of garmentsgenerated

1figurative · مجازfor every time there is a way of attiring oneself—لِكُلِّ زَمَانٍ لِبْسَةٌ

That is, according as it is a time of straitness or of plenty.

A mode, or manner, of putting on apparel, or of dressing oneself.

A certain sort of garments, or cloths; also لِبْسٌ.

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A mode, or manner, of putting on, or wearing, apparel; or of dressing one's self. (IAth, K.) [Hence the saying,] لِكُلِّ زَمَانٍ لِبْسَةٌ For every time there is a mode of attiring one's self, according as it is a time of straitness or of plenty. (A, TA.) A certain sort of garments, or cloths; as also لِبْسٌ . (K.)

Nounلِبَاسٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — clothing, dress, what is worn; a covering; a wife or husbandgenerated

1figurative · مجازthe clothing, or covering of pieces of cloth, of the Kaabeh and of the camel-litter—لَباسُ الكَعْبَةِ

Clothing, dress, apparel; what is worn. Also لِبْسٌ, مَلْبَسٌ, مِلْبَسٌ and لَبُوسٌ; or the last means garments, or pieces of cloth.

The plural of the first is لُبُسٌ, as كُتُبٌ is the plural of كِتَابٌ; and that of مَلْبَسٌ is مَلَابِسُ.

Also الهَوْدَجِ, or لِبْسُ الكَعْبَةِ, and الهَوْدَجِ; the camel-litter is the هودج.

the apparel of piety—لِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى

Qur'ān 7:25. Or thick, coarse, rough and short apparel; or the covering of that part of the person which modesty forbids one to expose, at which the preceding words of the verse hint, showing that this is the main purpose of clothing, the further purpose being to beautify and adorn oneself and to keep off heat and cold; or honest shame, the shrinking of the soul from foul conduct through fear of blame, synonymous with الحَيَآءُ; or righteous conduct; or, according to Es-Suddee, faith.

the pericranium—اللِّبْسُ

Written by Sgh اللُّبْسُ, or لِبْسُ العَظْمِ; the same as السِّمْحَاقُ. In some copies of the K, in the author's handwriting, there is added: a thin pellicle between the skin and the flesh.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe outer coverings, or calyxes, of flowers—لِبَاسُ النَّوْرِ

and we have made the night a covering—وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

Qur'ān 78:10; that is, it covers, veils, or conceals you with its darkness.

on this sense The covering of anything.

1.2

A man's wife, like إِزَارٌ; and a woman's husband. It occurs in Qur'ān 2:183.

Or there it means like a garment, because each embraces the other; or because each goes to the other for rest and consorts with the other.

Ibn-'Arafeh: from المُلَابَسَةُ, which means the mixing of oneself and congregating, or the being mixed and congregated.

Or because each conceals the state of the other and keeps the other from acting viciously.

Qur’ān 2:187 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ii. 183”

Qur’ān 2:187 Lane quotes this verse

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَـٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your wives. They are your garments and ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them, and seek what Allah Hath ordained for you, and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then complete your fast Till the night appears; but do not associate with your wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) Allah: Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.3figurative · مجازthe utmost degree of hunger—لِبَاسُ الجُوعِ

so God made her taste the utmost degree of hunger and of fear—فَأَذَاقَهَا ٱللّٰهَ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ

When people are so hungry that they eat camels' fur with blood; so called because it involves everything.

Qur'ān 16:113. [See also form 4 in the article on ذوق.]

Qur’ānic occurrences لِبَاس 4 shown of 8

7:26

يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!

25:47

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.

35:33

جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ

Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.

78:10

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

And made the night as a covering,

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[Clothing; dress; apparel;] what is worn; as also لِبْسٌ , and مَلْبَسٌ (S, M, * Msb, K) and مِلْبَسٌ (K) and لَبُوسٌ ; (S, K;) or the last signifies garments, or pieces of cloth: (M:) the pl. of the first is لُبُسٌ , like as كُتُبٌ is pl. of كِتَابٌ : and that of مَلْبَسٌ is مَلَابِسُ . (Msb.) Hence, لَباسُ الكَعْبَةِ , and الهَوْدَجِ , (Msb,) or لِبْسُ الكَعْبَةِ , and الهَوْدَجِ , (S, M, A, K,) The clothing, (S, Msb, K,) or covering of pieces of cloth, (M,) of the Kaabeh, and of the [camel-litter called] هودج . (S, M, Msb, K.) And لِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى , in the Kur [vii. 25,] (TA,) [ The apparel of piety: or] thick, or coarse, and rough, and short, apparel: (S:) or the covering of that portion of the person which modesty forbids one to expose; (K;) at which the preceding words of the verse glance; indicating that this is the main purpose of clothing; the additional purpose being to beautify and adorn one's self, and to repel heat and cold: (TA:) or honest shame, or the shrinking of the soul from foul conduct, through fear of blame; syn. الحَيَآءُ : (S, M, A, K:) or righteous conduct: (TA:) or faith. (Es-Suddee, K.) And اللِّبْسُ , (K,) written by Sgh اللُّبْسُ , (TA,) or لِبْسُ العَظْمِ , (A, TA,) i. q. السِّمْحَاقُ [The pericranium]: (A, K:) to which is added, in some of the copies of the K, in the handwriting of the author, i. e., a thing pellicle that is between the skin and the flesh. (TA.) The covering of anything. (M.) [Hence,] لِبَاسُ النَّوْرِ The outer coverings, or calyxes, of flowers. (M.) It is said in the Kur [lxxviii. 10,] وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا [And we have made the night to be a covering]: i. e., it covers, veils, or conceals, you by its darkness. (TA.) A man's wife; (S, M, * K; *) like إِزَارٌ : (M:) and a woman's husband: (S, M, * K: *) occurring in the Kur ii. 183: (S, M:) or there meaning like a garment: (M, TA:) because each embraces the other: or because each goes to the other for rest, and consorts with ( يُلَابِسُ ) the other: (Zj, M, Bd, * TA:) from المُلَابَسَةُ , signifying “ the mixing one's self and congregating, ” or “ the being mixed and congregated: ” (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or because each conceals the state of the other, and prevents the other from acting viciously. (Bd.) لِبَاسُ الجُوعِ The utmost degree of hunger; (K, TA;) when people are so hungry that they eat camels' fur with blood: (TA:) so termed because all-involving. (K.) It is said in the Kur [xvi. 113,] فَأَذَاقَهَا ٱللّٰهَ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ [So God made her to taste the utmost degree of hunger and of fear]. (K, * TA. [See also 4 in art. ذوق .])

Nounلَبُوسٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — clothing; a coat of mail; a weapongenerated

See لِبَاسٌ.

1.1

A coat of mail; in this sense feminine, and, like دِرْعٌ, sometimes masculine [see an instance under مَسْرُودٌ]; or coats of mail, as in Qur'ān 21:80.

Qur’ān 21:80 approximate — somewhere between 21:73 and 21:97 Lane cites “Kur xxi. 80”

Qur’ān 21:80 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ

It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

A weapon; in this sense masculine.