كمخ
1 كَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, (
S,
L,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
K;) and بانفه ↓ اكمخ; (
L;) He magnified himself, or was proud; (
S,
L,
K;) elevated his nose, from pride: (
L:) or اكمخ he elevated his head, from pride; (
L;)
i. q. اقمح [in the
CK with خ]: (
K:) or he sat in the manner of him who magnifies himself (
S,
L) in his own mind. (
L.) أَكْمَخُوا بَأْوًا They flourished and increased in self exaltation: or تَرَادُّوا. (
L.)
b2: كَمَخَهُ بِاللِّجَامِ He pulled him in [i. e. a horse or the like] by the bridle and bit, in order to check or stop him; (
L:)
i. q. كَبَحَهُ; (
K;) [or he pulled up his head by the bridle and bit]. See كَمَحَ.
A2: كَمَخَ بِهِ, (
K,)
aor. ـَ (
L,)
inf. n. كمْخٌ, (
S,
L,) He voided it, namely his excrement, or ordure; or voided it in a thin state;
syn. سَلَحَ. (
S,
K.) Some bread and كَامَِخ [
q. v. infra] were offered to an Arab of the desert, and he knew not the latter; so it was said to him, “ This is كامخ; ” whereupon he said, “ I know that it is كامخ; ” and added, أَيُّكُمْ كَمَخَ بِهِ “ which of you voided it? ”
ايّكم سَلَحَ به. (
S.)
b2: كَمَخَ بِسَلْحِهِ,
aor. and
inf. n. as above, He (a camel) voided his excrement, or ordure, in a thin state. (
L.) 4 أَكْمَخَ See 1.
A2: اكمخ It (a vine) put forth its gems when about to put forth its leaves. (
AHn.) [See also أَكْمَحَ.]
كُمَاخٌ The magnifying one's self; pride. (Abu-l-'Abbás,
K.) كَامَخٌ, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) sometimes written and pronounced كَامِخٌ, (
Msb, and written in both these ways in a copy of the
S) but the former is better known, and more common, (
TA,) an arabicized word, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,) from the Persian كَامَهْ, (
Mgh, Shifá el-Ghaleel,) A kind of seasoning, or condiment, eaten with bread to render it pleasant, or savoury; (
S,
Msb,
K;) [a thing used to give relish to food, or to quicken the appetite;]
accord. to some, prepared with vinegar, and used to quicken the appetite; (
TA;) also called مُرِّىٌّ: (
Msb:) or it is a bad sort of مُرِّىّ: (
Mgh,
Msb:)
pl. كَوَامِخُ, (
Msb,) or كَوَامِيخُ. (
Mgh.) مَلِكٌ كَيْمَخٌ A king having his head elevated, from pride. (
L.)
