زمخ

1 زَمَخَ, (S, K,) or زَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, (L,) aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. زَمْخٌ, (L,) He exalted, or magnified, himself; was proud; (S, L, K;) behaved proudly, haughtily, or vainly; (S, L;) elevated his nose, from pride; (L;) i. q. شَمَخَ, or شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ. (TA.) زَمَخٌ: see زَمُوخٌ, in two places.

زِمْخٌ or زِمَخٌ The tree called سُمَّاق; as also ظِمْخٌ or ظِمَخٌ. (TA in art. ظمخ; but there written without any syll. signs.) عُقْبَةٌ زَمُوخٌ [in the CK عَقَبَةٌ] (JK, A, K) and ↓ زَمَخٌ (K) (tropical:) [A stage of a journey] far-extending, (K,) hard, or difficult. (Az, IAar, JK, K.) One says, سَارَ عُقْبَةً زَمُوخًا (tropical:) [He journeyed a long and hard stage]. (A.) b2: And نِيَّةٌ زَمُوخٌ (A, and L in art. شمخ) and ↓ زَمَخٌ, like شَمُوخٌ and شَمَخٌ, (L in that art.,) (tropical:) A distant, far-reaching, or faraiming, intention, purpose, or design. (A, and L ubi suprà.) زَامِخٌ i. q. شَامِخٌ [Proud, &c.]; (S, K;) or شَامِخٌ بِأَنْفِهِ [elevating his nose, from pride]: (A, L:) [pl. زُمَّخٌ.] b2: أُنُوفٌ زُمَّخٌ i. q. شُمَّخٌ [Noses elevated, from pride]. (S, A.) b3: [Hence,] جِبَالٌ لَهَا أُنُوفٌ زُمَّخٌ, (A, TA,) i. e. طِوَالٌ (tropical:) [Mountains having tall, or long, prominences]. (TA.) b4: and كَيْلٌ زَامِخٌ (tropical:) Full measure. (JK, A, K.)