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لون

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'لون' primarily deals with color, appearance, and hue. It extends to encompass types, varieties, and changes in state, particularly related to the ripening of fruit. It also refers to a specific type of palm tree and its fruit.

Derived headwords

اللَّوْنnoun
  1. 1.
    a characteristic like blackness and rednessboth

    a characteristic like blackness and redness

  2. 2.
    a type of date palmboth

    a type of date palm

تَلَوَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to change colorboth

    To acquire a different hue or color.

  2. 2.
    to change one's dispositionboth

    To be inconsistent or not remain in a single state or character.

  3. 3.
    to begin to ripenboth

    To show the first signs of maturity, especially for fruits like dates.

لَوَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    the unripe dates colored: when the sign of ripening appeared in themboth

    the unripe dates colored: when the sign of ripening appeared in them

مُتَلَوِّنadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, he does not remain constant in one characterboth

    meaning, he does not remain constant in one character

تَلْوِينnoun
  1. 1.
    coloringboth

    The act or process of applying color.

  2. 2.
    showing signs of ripeningboth

    The process by which fruit begins to mature and change color.

  3. 3.
    inconsistencyclassical

    The state of being changeable or not fixed in character.

لَيِّنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    its singular is 'līnah'both

    its singular is 'līnah'

  2. 2.
    its palm tree is called Linaboth

    its palm tree is called Lina

Parallel reading

اللون: هيئة كالسواد والحمرة.
Color: A form like blackness or redness.
ولونته فتلون.
And I colored it, so it became colored.
واللون: النوع.
And color: the type.
وفلان متلون، إذا كان لا يثبت على خلق واحد.
And so-and-so is inconsistent, if he does not remain in one character.
ولون البسر تلوينا، إذا بدا فيه أثر النضج.
And the unripe dates were colored (began to ripen), if the trace of maturity appeared in them.
واللون: الدقل، وهو ضرب من النخل.
And color: the Daqal, which is a type of palm tree.
وقال الأخفش: هو جماعة، واحدتها لينة، ولكن لما انكسر ما قبلها انقلبت الواو ياء.
And Al-Akhfash said: It is a group, its singular is 'layyinah', but when the preceding vowel broke, the 'waw' turned into a 'ya'.
ومن قوله تعالى: (ما قطعتم من لينة).
And from His saying, the Almighty: (What you cut of the palm tree).