ملابس (malaabis) — "clothes" in Modern Standard Arabic

ملابس

malaabis

clothes

Topic
clothing
Seen in
6 of our stories

"clothes" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

هدوم

huduum

Egyptian Arabic

لبس

lebs

ملابس in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

ذهبت الى السوق الكبير لاشتري ملابس جديدة للصيف

dhahabtu ila al suq al kabir li ashtari malabis jadida lil sayf

I went to the large market to buy new clothes for the summer.

from Shopping for New Clothes

اذهب الى السوق مع عائلتي لشراء ملابس

adhhab ila alsouq ma'a aa'ilatee lishiraa malaabis

I go to the market with my family to buy clothes.

from Clothes Shopping

ذهب الأصدقاء إلى متجر كبير لشراء ملابس جديدة

dhahaba al asdiqa ila matjar kabir lishira malabis jadida

The friends went to a large store to buy new clothes.

from New Clothes

ذهب سامي الى متجر الملابس

thahaba sami ila matjar almalabis

Sami went to the clothing store.

from Shopping for Clothes

اليوم انا اريد ملابس جديدة

Al-yawm ana ureed malabis jadeedah.

Today I want new clothes.

from Shopping for New Clothes

ذهبت ليلى الى السوق مساء لشراء ملابس جديدة

Dhahabat Layla ila as-sooqi masaa'an li-shira'i malabis jadeedah.

Layla went to the market in the evening to buy new clothes.

from Layla and Her New Clothes

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