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4 البسهُ الثَّوْبَ ذ [He put on him, or clad or decked him with, the garment, and so, vulg., ↓ لبّسهُ ]. (M, Msb.) ― -b2- 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. -A2- أَلْبَسَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered by plants, or herbage. (M.) -A3- See also 8.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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