حُوتٌ

Fish: (M, A, K:) or [rather] a fish: (S, TA:) or a great fish; any great fish: (M, Msb, TA:) of the masculine gender: (Msb:) plural [of mult.] حِيتَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and حِوَتَةٌ and [of pauc.] أَحْوَاتٌ. (K.)

[Hence,] صَاحِبُ الحُوتِ (in the Qur'an, 68:48) [a surname of The prophet] Jonas. (Bd, Jel.)

[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.)