لون

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of color, hue, and shade. It extends to encompass varieties, types, and distinctions, particularly in the context of palm trees. It also describes a state of changeability or inconsistency.

Derived headwords

اللَّوْنnoun

1.
color, hueboth
A quality of appearance, such as blackness or redness, that distinguishes an object from its surroundings.
2.
variety, typeboth
A kind or sort of something, particularly referring to different types of palm trees.
3.
distinctionclassical
That which separates one thing from another.

اللون: هيئة كالسواد والحمرة — Color: a quality like blackness or redness

واللون: النوع — And color: the type

تَلَوَّنَverb

1.
to change colorboth
To acquire a different hue or color, often indicating a transition or change.
2.
to be inconsistentboth
To be changeable or not fixed in one's disposition or behavior.

ولونته فتلون — And I colored it, so it became colored

وقد تلون — And he changed color

تَلْوِينnoun

1.
coloringboth
The act or process of changing color, especially referring to the ripening of dates.
2.
variationclassical
The process of showing different shades or types, likened to the changing colors of the sky at dusk.

وشبه الألوان بالتلوين — And he likened the colors to coloring/variation

ولون البسر تلوينا إذا بدا فيه أثر النضج — And the unripe date undergoes coloring when the trace of ripeness appears in it

أَلْوَانnoun

1.
colorsboth
Plural of 'lawn', referring to various hues and shades.
2.
kinds, varietiesboth
Plural of 'lawn', referring to different types or sorts, especially of palm trees.

والجمع ألوان — And the plural is 'alwan'

والألوان: الضروب — And 'alwan': the kinds

لُونَةnoun

1.
type of palm treeclassical
A specific kind of palm tree, distinct from 'ajwah' or 'barnī'.

واللينة واللونَة: كل ضرب من النخل ما لم يكن عجوة أو برنيا — And 'al-līnah' and 'al-lawnah': every kind of palm tree that is not 'ajwah' or 'barnī'

لَيْنَةnoun

1.
type of palm treeclassical
A kind of palm tree, often considered synonymous with 'lawnah'.
2.
date palmclassical
A general term for a date palm tree.

والجمع لين ولون وليان — And the plural is 'līn', 'lawn', and 'liyān'

ما قطعتم من لينة — What you cut down of the palm tree

لَيْنnoun

1.
palm treesclassical
Plural of 'līnah', referring to date palm trees.

تسألني اللين وهمي في اللين — You ask me about the palm trees, and my concern is with the palm trees

لَيَانnoun

1.
tall palm treeclassical
A long, tall palm tree, used metaphorically for something that grows tall.

وسالفة، كسحوق الليان — And a neck, like the dust of the tall palm tree

لَيَانnoun

1.
softness, tendernessclassical
The state of being soft or tender, derived from the root meaning 'to be soft'.

والليان، بالفتح: مصدر لين — And 'liyān', with fatha: the masdar of 'to be soft'

مُتَلَوِّنadjective

1.
inconsistent, changeableboth
Someone who does not remain fixed in one disposition or character; fickle.
2.
multicoloredboth
Having various colors.

وفلان متلون إذا كان لا يثبت على خلق واحد — And so-and-so is 'mutalawwin' if he does not remain fixed in one disposition

لَوِينname

1.
Lawainclassical
A proper name mentioned in the text.

ولُوَين اسم — And 'Lawain' is a name

لُبَانnoun

1.
frankincense treeclassical
A tree that produces frankincense (kandar).

كسحوق اللبان — Like the dust of the frankincense tree

سَحُوقnoun

1.
tall palm treeclassical
A palm tree that has grown tall.

والسحوق: النخلة الطويلة — And 'al-suḥūq': the tall palm tree

دَقَلnoun

1.
type of palm treeclassical
A specific kind of palm tree, often mentioned as synonymous with 'lawn'.

واللون: الدقل، وهو ضرب من النخل — And 'al-lawn': 'al-daqal', which is a type of palm tree

Parallel reading

اللون: هيئة كالسواد والحمرة

Color: a quality like blackness or redness

ولونته فتلون

And I colored it, so it became colored

ولون كل شيء: ما فصل بينه وبين غيره

And the color of everything: that which separates it from something else

والجمع ألوان

And the plural is 'alwan'

والألوان: الضروب

And 'alwan': the kinds

واللون: النوع

And 'al-lawn': the type

وفلان متلون إذا كان لا يثبت على خلق واحد

And so-and-so is 'mutalawwin' if he does not remain fixed in one disposition

واللون: الدقل، وهو ضرب من النخل

And 'al-lawn': 'al-daqal', which is a type of palm tree

ما قطعتم من لينة

What you cut down of the palm tree

واللينة واللونَة: كل ضرب من النخل ما لم يكن عجوة أو برنيا

And 'al-līnah' and 'al-lawnah': every kind of palm tree that is not 'ajwah' or 'barnī'

كل شيء من النخل سوى العجوة فهو من اللين

Everything of the palm trees except 'ajwah' is from 'al-līn'

والجمع لين ولون وليان

And the plural is 'līn', 'lawn', and 'liyān'

وسالفة، كسحوق الليان

And a neck, like the dust of the tall palm tree

والليان، بالفتح: مصدر لين

And 'liyān', with fatha: the masdar of 'to be soft'

حتى إذا أغست دجى الدجون، وشبه الألوان بالتلوين

Until when the darkness of the night deepened, and he likened the colors to coloring/variation

ولون البسر تلوينا إذا بدا فيه أثر النضج

And the unripe date undergoes coloring when the trace of ripeness appears in it

اجعل اللون على حدته

Keep the type of palm tree separate

أن يؤخذ في البرني من البرني، وفي اللون من اللون

That from the Barnī dates, the Barnī be taken, and from the 'lawn' type, the 'lawn' type be taken