Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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لوم لون لوى


2. ⇒ لوّن

لَوَّنَ i. q. تَلَوَّنَ↓ It became coloured. (M.)

Root: لون - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

It (a palm-tree) had dates which had become coloured. (T.)

Root: لون - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

لَوَّنَ فِى الكَلَامِ [He varied in speech]. (Ṣgh, Ḳ, voce تَمَطَّطَ.)


5. ⇒ تلوّن

تَلَوَّنَ It became coloured. (MA, KL.) See 1.

Root: لون - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

It became variegated, or diversified in colour.

Root: لون - Entry: 5. Signification: A3

And hence, (see تغّول,) It varied in state, or condition; it was, or became, variable therein. He assumed various forms, or appearances.

Root: لون - Entry: 5. Signification: A4

تَلَوَّنَ فُلَانٌ Such a one varied in disposition. (Mṣb.)


لَوْنٌ

لَوْنٌ Colour: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) distinctive quality or property: (M, Ḳ:) sort, or species: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) mood, disposition, or character.


أَلْوَانُ

أَلْوَانُ الأَطْعِمَةِ [Sorts, or species, of viands]. (Ṣ in art. بأج.)


مُتَلَوِّنٌ

مُتَلَوِّنٌ Varying, or variable, in dispositions.

Root: لون - Entry: مُتَلَوِّنٌ Signification: A2

Unsteady in disposition. (Ḳ.)


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