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لَوْن
color /ˈlawn/
nounA2#716 most common
Also: hue, shade, kind/sort
Example sentences
ما لَوْنُكِ المُفَضَّل؟
What is your favorite color?
لَوْنُ السَّماءِ أَزْرَقُ.
The color of the sky is blue.
تَتَغَيَّرُ أَلْوانُ الأَشْجارِ في الخَريفِ.
The colors of the trees change in autumn.
اخْتارَتْ لَوْناً هادِئاً لِجُدْرانِ غُرْفَتِها.
She chose a calm color for the walls of her room.
لا يَكْشِفُ لَوْنُ الثَّمَرَةِ دائماً عَنْ مَذاقِها.
The color of the fruit does not always reveal its taste.
في الشِّعْرِ العَرَبِيِّ القَديمِ، كَثيراً ما يُسْتَدْعى لَوْنُ اللَّيْلِ لِيُجَسِّدَ الحُزْنَ والفِراقَ.
In classical Arabic poetry, the color of night is often invoked to embody sorrow and separation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَوْنٌ | أَلْوانٌ |
| Genitive | لَوْنٍ | أَلْوانٍ |
| Accusative | لَوْناً | أَلْواناً |
| Vocative | يا لَوْنُ | يا أَلْوانُ |
Word family
لَوَّنَto color, to tint
مُلَوَّنcolored, colorful
تَلْوينcoloring, coloration
أَلْوانcolors (plural)
لَوْنِيّchromatic, color-related
Etymology
لَوْن comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root l-w-n, tied to the verb لَوَّنَ, to color or to tint. It follows the common faʿl noun pattern. The sense of color also extends to kind or sort, as one variety differs from another.
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