شم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaأَشَمُّ ذ , applied to a man, (Msb,) Having that quality of the nose which is termed شَمَمٌ; (Msb, K;) or so أَشَمُّ الأَنْفِ, thus applied: (S:) fem. شَمَّاآءُ: (Msb, TA:) and pl. شُمٌّ. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence, (tropical:) Self-magnifying, or proud, or haughty: or] a chief characterized by disdainfulness, scornfulness, or disdainful and proud incompliance, (K, TA,) and high-minded. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A mountain tall, (S, TA,) or high, (TA,) in the head. (S, TA.) [And High, as applied to a place of ascent in a mountain: see an ex. of the pl. in a verse cited voce تَصَدَّفَ.] ― -b4- And A shoulder high in the head of its bone. (K.) ― -b5- [Freytag mentions two other meanings: ― -b6- “ Ventus ex alto veniens, qui penetrantioris est odoratus: ― -b7- [and] fem. شَمَّاء Jugum extensum in monte: ” from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
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