Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

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

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

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

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

It became variegated, or diversified in colour.

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

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

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

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

مُتَلَوِّنٌ Varying, or variable, in dispositions.

Unsteady in disposition. (Ḳ.)