ه • و • ت

, inf. n. تَهْوِيتٌ, He called out to him; (K;) saying حَوْتَ حَوْتَ: (TA, art. حيت:) he cried out to him, and called him. (S.) A dial. form of هيّت. (TA.) [See هَيَّتَ.]

: see what follows.

A cry by which the Arabs urge on a dog against the game which they are pursuing. (TA.) [In the L written هَيْتَاء, and mentioned in art. هيت.]

(K) and ↓ هَوْتَةٌ (S, K) A low, or depressed, tract, or piece, of land: (S, K:) or a deep place: (IAth:) or the space between two mountains: (IAar:) pl. هُوَتٌ (as in the CK) or هُوت (as in the TA.) It may be said that هُوتٌ and هُوَتٌ are coll. gen. ns. [of each of which the n. un. is with ة]. (TA.) Also هُوتَةٌ A road, or way, descending to water. (IAar.) صَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَمْوَتَةً ↓ هَوْتَةَ an imprecation, respecting which ISd says, I know not what is هوتة here. [It probably signifies A cry, such as destroyed the tribe of Thamood: see هَوَّتَ.] (TA.)

A certain time, or portion, of the night passed. Accord. to Aboo- 'Alee, هيتاء is of the measure فِعْلَاءٌ, and quasicoordinate to سِرْدَاحٌ, and belonging to this art. (TA.)