maglabnit
maglábnit with stress marks
to peel off
From root: labnit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
naglabnit
nag-LAB-nit
peeled
Present (Incomplete)
naglalabnit
nag-la-LAB-nit
is peeling
Future (Contemplated)
maglalabnit
mag-la-LAB-nit
will peel
Usage Note
Maglabnit is the actor-focus infinitive of labnit, referring to peeling or stripping away skin, bark, or a thin outer layer. Common in medical contexts — removing dead or burned skin — as well as in food preparation and crafts, it pairs with the object-focus labnitin when the peeled material itself is the sentence focus.
Examples
" Maglabnit ka ng balat ng saging. "
Natural Translation
Peel off the banana skin.
Literal Translation
Peel-off you of skin of banana.
" Mahirap maglabnit ng lumang balat ng prutas. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to peel off the old skin of a fruit.
Literal Translation
Hard to peel off of old skin of fruit.
" Maingat na naglabnit ang nars ng sunog na balat bago lagyan ng gamot ang sugat. "
Natural Translation
The nurse carefully peeled off the burned skin before applying medicine to the wound.
Literal Translation
Carefully peeled-off the nurse of burned skin before put of medicine the wound.
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