how to say “suit” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-1.m4a” /]חֲלִיפָה

The Hebrew word for suit or suit jacket is חליפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-1.m4a” /].

The word in action:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-2.m4a” /]בפירנצה, אפשר לקנות חליפות איכותיות, ובזול.

In Florence, you could buy quality suits, and for cheap.

The root of חליפה is ח.ל.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-3.m4a” /], the same as that of the causative verb להחליף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-4.m4a” /] – to switch or to change: think of a suit as a change of clothes.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חליפה-5.m4a” /]החלפת כבר בגדים? לבשת את החליפה?

Have you (a male) changed your clothes yet? Did you put on your (the) suit?