How to say "to wear" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningto wear

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

لَبِسَ

labisaלבס

لبس

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

לבש

lavashلَاڤَاش

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ل-ب-س

Hebrew root

ל-ב-ש

labisa = לבש with the regular س↔ש swap. Arabic malābis (clothes) is built like Hebrew מלבוש (garment).

لَبِسَ الْقَمِيص الْجَدِيد

labisa al-qamīṣ al-jadīdלבס אל-קמיץ אל-ג'דיד

He wore the new shirt