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حوت

1 حَاتَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ ذ , aor. يَحُوتُ, (S,) inf. n. حَوْتٌ and حَوَتَانٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) He went, or circuited, round about the thing; said of a bird, (S, K, TA,) going, or circuiting, round about water [like a fish (حُوت) in water]; (TA;) and of a wild animal: (K:) as also حات بِهِ. (TA.) 3 حاوتهُ حاوته حاوتة (tropical:) He strove, or endeavoured, to turn him, or to entice him to turn, syn. رَاوَغَهُ, (S, L, A, &c.,) in the K رَاغَمَهُ, but the former is the right explanation, (TA,) عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing, as, for instance, his family, and his property; (S, TA;) (tropical:) he strove, or endeavoured, to beguile him. (A.) You say, ظَلَّ يُحَاوِتُنِى بِخُدَعَةٍ (tropical:) He passed the day striving, or endeavouring, to turn me, or entice me, by guile, like as the fish (حُوت) does in the water. (A.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He strove, or contended, with him, to repel him. (K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) He consulted him, or consulted with him. (K.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) He talked with him, consulting, or making promises, in the case of a sale. (K.) حُوتٌ حوى حوت Fish: (M, A, K:) or [rather] a fish: (S, TA:) or a great fish; any great fish: (M, Msb, TA:) of the masc. gender: (Msb:) pl. [of mult.] حِيتَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and حِوَتَةٌ and [of pauc.] أَحْوَاتٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] صَاحِبُ الحُوتِ (in the Kur lxviii. 48) [a surname of The prophet] Jonas. (Bd, Jel.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] الحُوتُ (assumed tropical:) [The constellation Pisces;] a certain sign of the Zodiac. (S, K.) And الحُوتُ الجَنُوبِىُّ (assumed tropical:) The constellation Piscis Australis. (Kzw &c.) And فَمُ الحُوتِ (assumed tropical:) The bright star [a, called by European astronomers Fomalhaut,] in the mouth of Piscis Australis. (Kzw &c.) حُوتِىٌّ حوت حوتى حوتي حوتيي [Of, or relating to, or like, a fish, or great fish]. You say, هُوَ حُوتِىُّ الاِلْتِقَامِ [He is like a fish, or great fish, in swallowing]. (A, TA.) حَيُّوتٌ حيوت The male of the حَيَّة [or serpent]. (A.) [But the proper place of this is art. حيو.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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