شمخ
1 شَمَخَ, (
S,
L,
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. شُمُوخٌ, (
L,) It (a mountain) was high, or lofty. (
S,
L,
K.)
b2: Hence, (
Har p. 442,) شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, (
S,
A,
L,
K,) and شَمَخَ أَنْفُهُ,
aor. and
inf. n. as above, (
L,) He (a man) magnified, or exalted, himself; was proud; (
S,
A,
L,
K;) behaved proudly, or disdainfully; elevated his nose, from pride. (
L.) [See also زَمَخَ.]
نِيَّةٌ شَمَخٌ (
L,
K) and ↓ شَمُوخٌ (
L) A distant, far-reaching, or far-aiming, intention, purpose, or design; [in an action or a journey &c.;] (
L,
K;) as also نيَّةٌ زَمَخٌ and زَمُوخٌ. (
L.) مَفَازَةٌ شَمُوخٌ A desert, or waterless desert, farextending; (
K;) as also زمُوخٌ. (
TA.)
b2: See also شَمَخٌ.
شَمَّاخٌ: see what follows, in two places.
جَبَلٌ شَامِخٌ A high, or lofty, mountain; (
S,
A,
L;) as also ↓ شَمَّاخٌ [but in an intensive sense, i. e. a very high or lofty mountain]: (
L:)
pl. جِبَالٌ شَوَامِخُ (
S, A) and شُمَّخٌ. (
A.)
b2: Hence, شَامِخٌ signifies also Proud; (
L,
TA;) elevating the nose, from pride, or disdain: [like زَامِخٌ:]
pl. شُمَّخٌ: (
L,
K:) and ↓ شَمَّاخٌ a man who magnifies, or exalts, himself much; or elevates his nose much, from pride. (
L.)
b3: And أُنُوفٌ شُمَّخٌ [Noses elevated, from pride]; like زُمَّخٌ. (
S.)
b4: and نَسَبٌ شَامِخٌ (
tropical:) [A proud, or high, lineage]. (
TA.)
