حوت

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.)