حوت

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to large fish, specifically whales. It extends metaphorically to mean something large or overwhelming. It also encompasses concepts of cunning, circling, and a specific type of garment or attribute.

Derived headwords

الحوتnoun

1.
Whaleboth
A large sea creature, specifically a whale. It can also refer to fish in general, or specifically large fish.
2.
Constellationclassical
A specific constellation in the sky, often identified as Pisces.

حاوتverb

1.
To be cunningclassical
To be cunning, to try to deceive or trick someone.

حاوتك فلان إذا راوغك — So-and-so tried to trick you if he was cunning with you.

المحاوتةnoun

1.
Cunningclassical
The act of being cunning, deceitful, or tricky.

المحاوتة: المراوغة — Cunning: Deceitfulness.

يحاوتverb

1.
To be cunningclassical
He is being cunning or deceitful towards me.

وهو يحاوتني أي يراوغني — And he is being cunning with me, meaning he is trying to trick me.

حاتverb

1.
To circle aroundclassical
To circle around something, like a bird circling prey or a wild animal circling an object.

حات الطائر على الشيء يحوت أي حام حوله — The bird circled around the thing, meaning it hovered around it.

يحوتverb

1.
To circle aroundclassical
He is circling around something.

كطائر ظل بنا يحوت — Like a bird that kept circling around us.

الحوتانnoun

1.
Circlingclassical
The circling motion of a bird around water or a wild animal around an object.

والحوت والحوتان: حومان الطائر حول الماء، والوحشي حول الشيء — And al-Hawt and al-Hawtān: the circling of a bird around water, and of a wild animal around a thing.

الحوتاءadjective

1.
Broad-hippedclassical
A woman who is broad in the hips and has relaxed flesh.

والحوتاء من النساء: الضخمة الخاصرتين، المسترخية اللحم — And al-Hūtā' from women: she who is large in the hips, with relaxed flesh.

حوتيةadjective

1.
Of a whaleclassical
Relating to a whale, or possibly a type of garment or color associated with whales.

وعليه خميصة حوتية — And upon him was a khamisa (garment) of the Hūtī type.

حوتكيةadjective

1.
Short-stridedclassical
Possibly referring to someone with short steps, or a garment associated with such a person.

الحائتnoun

1.
One who censuresclassical
Someone who frequently censures or finds fault with others.

والحائت: الكثير العذل — And al-Hā'it: the one who censures excessively.

Parallel reading

الحوت: السمكة، وفي المحكم: الحوت: السمك، معروف؛ وقيل: هو ما عظم منه

Al-Hūt: the fish, and in Al-Muḥkam: Al-Hūt: the fish, known; and it was said: it is that which is large from it.

والجمع أحوات، وحيتان

And the plural is aḥwāt, and ḥītān.

إنما أراد مثل حوت لا يكفيه ما يلتهمه ويلتقمه

He only intended a whale-like creature that what it devours and swallows is not enough for it.

فنصبه على الحال، كقولك مررت بزيد أسدا شدة

So he made it accusative as a circumstantial adverb, like your saying 'I passed by Zayd as a lion in intensity'.

لأن الحوت اسم جنس لا صفة، فلا بد، إذا كان حالا، من أن، يقدر فيه هذا، وما أشبهه

Because al-Hūt is a noun of genus, not an adjective, it is necessary, if it is a circumstantial adverb, that this is implied in it, and what is similar to it.

والحوت: برج في السماء

And al-Hūt: a constellation in the sky.

وحاوتك فلان إذا راوغك

And so-and-so tried to trick you if he was cunning with you.

والمحاوتة: المراوغة

And al-Muḥāwatah: cunning.

وهو يحاوتني أي يراوغني

And he is being cunning with me, meaning he is trying to trick me.

ظلت تحاوتني رمداء داهية

A dusty, cunning calamity kept trying to trick me.

حات الطائر على الشيء يحوت أي حام حوله

The bird circled around the thing, meaning it hovered around it.

والحوت والحوتان: حومان الطائر حول الماء، والوحشي حول الشيء

And al-Hūt and al-Hūtān: the circling of a bird around water, and of a wild animal around a thing.

وقد حات به يحوت

And he circled around it, circling.

كطائر ظل بنا يحوت

Like a bird that kept circling around us.

والحوتاء من النساء: الضخمة الخاصرتين، المسترخية اللحم

And al-Hūtā' from women: she who is large in the hips, with relaxed flesh.

وبنو حوت: بطن

And Banu Hūt: a clan.

جئت إلى النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وعليه خميصة حوتية

I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and upon him was a khamisa (garment) of the Hūtī type.

والمحفوظ جونية أي سوداء

And what is preserved is junīyah, meaning black.

وأما بالحاء فلا أعرفها

But as for with the ḥā', I do not know it.

وطال ما بحثت عنها، فلم أقف لها على معنى

And I searched for it for a long time, but did not come across a meaning for it.

وجاءت في رواية حوتكية، لعلها منسوبة إلى القصر، لأن الحوتكي الرجل القصير الخطو، أو هي منسوبة إلى رجل اسمه حوتك

And it came in a narration as ḥūtukīyah, perhaps it is attributed to shortness, because al-ḥūtukī is a man of short steps, or it is attributed to a man named Ḥūtak.

والحائت: الكثير العذل

And al-Hā'it: the one who censures excessively.