جون

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'جون' primarily relates to colors, specifically black and white, and by extension, darkness and light. It also extends to describe things that are intensely colored, like dark horses or camels, and objects associated with these colors or phenomena like the setting sun.

Derived headwords

الجونnoun

1.
Whiteboth
White
2.
Blackboth
Black

الجونadjective

1.
Whiteboth
White
2.
Blackboth
Black

جونnoun

1.
blacknessclassical
The quality or state of being black.

جونnoun

1.
dark horseclassical
A horse that is intensely black.

جونnoun

1.
dark camelclassical
A camel that is intensely black.

جونnoun

1.
blackness (of قار)classical
The blackness of pitch, used in a saying to indicate a very long time.

جونname

1.
name of a horseclassical
The name of a horse mentioned in poetry.

جونةnoun

1.
setting sunclassical
The sun at its setting, so named because it appears dark or black at that time.
2.
pitch-lined jarclassical
A large jar or vat coated with pitch, often used for storing liquids.
3.
perfume containerclassical
A container used by an apothecary for holding perfumes or spices.

جونةnoun

1.
intense blackness (of horses)classical
The quality of being intensely black, used as a noun for horses.

جونةnoun

1.
pitch-lined jar (blackness)classical
Referring to the blackness of a pitch-lined jar.

جونnoun

1.
pl. of جونة (pitch jar)classical
Plural form of 'junah' referring to pitch-lined jars.

الجونيadjective

1.
a type of birdclassical
A species of bird, possibly a type of francolin or partridge, described as having black bellies and wings.

جونيةnoun

1.
a unit of measureclassical
A unit of measure, possibly referring to a quantity or capacity, used in comparison with another unit ('kadari').

Parallel reading

غير يا بنت الحليس لوني مر الليالي واختلاف الجون وسفر كان قليل الاون

Change, O daughter of Al-Hulays, my color from the passing of nights and the variation of the [white/black] and the journey which was of little burden.

يريد النهار: والجون: الأسود، وهو من الأضداد

He means the daytime: and 'al-jun' is the black, and it is one of the opposites.

والجون من الخيل ومن الإبل: الأدهم الشديد السواد

And 'al-jun' of horses and of camels: the intensely black one.

والجونة: عين الشمس، وإنما سميت جونة عند مغيبها، لأنها تسود حين تغيب

And 'al-junah': the eye of the sun. It is only named 'junah' at its setting, because it turns black when it sets.

يبادر الجونة أن تغيبا

He hastens the setting sun to set.

والجونة: الخابية المطلية بالقار

And 'al-junah': the vat coated with pitch.

فقمنا ولما يصح ديكنا إلى جونة عند حدادها

So we got up, and our rooster had not yet crowed, to a pitch-lined jar near its blacksmith.

والجونة بالضم: مصدر الجون من الخيل، مثل الغبسة والوردة

And 'al-junah' (with damma): the source of the blackness of horses, like 'al-ghabsah' and 'al-wardah'.

والجونة أيضا جونة العطار، وربما همز

And 'al-junah' is also the apothecary's container, and sometimes it is hamzated.

والجمع جون بفتح الواو

And the plural is 'jun' (with fatha on the waw).

ويقال: لا أفعله حتى تبيض جونة القار

And it is said: I will not do it until the pitch-lined jar turns white.

هذا إذا أردت سواده. وجونة القار، إذا أردت الخابية

This is if you mean its blackness. And 'junat al-qar', if you mean the vat.

ويقال: الشمس جونة بينة الجونة

And it is said: The sun is a clear, evident blackness.

والجوني: ضرب من القطا سود البطون والأجنحة، وهو أكبر من الكدري تعدل جونية بكدريتين

And 'al-junni': a type of sandgrouse with black bellies and wings, and it is larger than the 'kadari'; one 'juniyyah' is equivalent to two 'kudariyyat'.

والجون: اسم فرس في شعر لبيد: تكاثر قرزل والجون فيها وتحجل

And 'al-Jun': the name of a horse in the poetry of Labid: 'Qurzil multiplied, and Al-Jun was among them, and it limped.'