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لون

2 لَوَّنَ ذ i. q. ↓ تَلَوَّنَ It became coloured. (M.) ― -b2- It (a palm-tree) had dates which had become coloured. (T.) ― -b3- لَوَّنَ فِى الكَلَامِ [He varied in speech]. (Sgh, K, voce تَمَطَّطَ.) 5 تَلَوَّنَ ذ It became coloured. (MA, KL.) See 1. ― -b2- It became variegated, or diversified in colour. ― -b3- And hence, (see تغّول,) It varied in state, or condition; it was, or became, variable therein. He assumed various forms, or appearances. ― -b4- تَلَوَّنَ فُلَانٌ Such a one varied in disposition. (Msb.) لَوْنٌ ذ Colour: (S, Msb, K:) distinctive quality or property: (M, K:) sort, or species: (S, K:) mood, disposition, or character. أَلْوَانُ الأَطْعِمَةِ ذ [Sorts, or species, of viands]. (S in art. بأج.) مُتَلَوِّنٌ ذ Varying, or variable, in dispositions. ― -b2- Unsteady in disposition. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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