English → Arabic
clothes in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- malābis
- Arabizi
malabis- Type
- noun · feminine
- Root
- ل ب س
How to use it
"Clothes" in Arabic is "ملابس" (plural form used as a collective noun). It is feminine and does not have a singular form in everyday speech; you would say "قميص" (shirt) or "بنطال" (trousers) for specific items.
Example sentences
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أَشتَرَيْتُ مَلَابِسًا جَدِيدَةً لِلصَّيْفِ.
ashtaraytu malābisan jadīdatan lil-ṣayf.
I bought new clothes for summer.
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يُحِبُّ أَخِي ارتداء المَلَابِسَ الرياضية.
yuḥibbu akhī irtidāʾ al-malābisa al-riyāḍiyyah.
My brother likes wearing sports clothes.
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تحتاجُ المَلَابِسُ إلى الغَسْلِ بَعْدَ الاستخدامِ.
taḥtāju al-malābisu ilā al-ghasli baʿda al-istikhḍām.
Clothes need washing after use.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
I wash my clothes.
أنا أغسل ملابسي.
Take off your clothes.
اخلع ملابسك!
(ii) Food and Clothes;
'2` الغذاء والكساء؛
Capitalism’s New Clothes
الرأسمالية في ثوبها الجديد
Sami changed his clothes.
بدّل سامي ملابسه.
Where do you buy clothes?
من أين تشتري ملابسا؟
Our clothes were always clean.
كانت ملابسنا دائما نظيفة.
Sami saw Layla's clothes there.
رأى سامي ملابس ليلى هناك.
Sami had packed clothes already.
كان سامي قد أعدّ ملابسه.
She always buys expensive clothes.
إنها دائماً تشتري ثياباً ثمينة.
These clothes suit you fabulously.
إنّ هذه الملابس تناسبك بشكل رائع.
Clothes lines, clotheshorses, and clothes racks dry clothes through evaporation by wind and sunlight without consuming electricity or gas.
تعمل أحبال الغسيل والمناشر المتنقلة والحوامل على تجفيف الملابس من خلال التبخير بواسطة الرياح وضوء الشمس دون استهلاك الكهرباء أو الغاز الحيوي.
Questions and answers
Is there a singular form of ملابس?
Not in common usage; use specific garment names instead.
Can I say "ملابس جديدة"?
Yes, adjectives follow the noun: "ملابس جديدة" means "new clothes".
Related words and expressions
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