زمخ

عُقْبَةٌ زَمُوخٌ ذ [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.)