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شمخ

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of height, elevation, and loftiness, both physically and metaphorically. It extends to meanings of arrogance, pride, and distance, often associated with high places or elevated status.

Derived headwords

شَمَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to be high and loftyboth

    Used to describe mountains, signifying their great height and elevation.

  2. 2.
    to be arrogantboth

    Used to describe a person or their nose, indicating pride, haughtiness, and a sense of superiority.

شُمُوخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    loftinessboth

    The state of being high, elevated, and towering, especially used for mountains.

  2. 2.
    arroganceboth

    The act or state of being proud, haughty, and disdainful, often expressed through one's demeanor.

  3. 3.
    remotenessclassical

    Used to describe a distant place or destination.

الشَّوَامِخadjective
  1. 1.
    loftyboth

    Describing mountains that are exceptionally high and towering.

الشَّامِخadjective
  1. 1.
    loftyboth

    Tall and elevated, reaching towards the sky.

  2. 2.
    arrogantboth

    A person characterized by pride and haughtiness, often indicated by lifting their nose.

  3. 3.
    distantclassical

    Referring to a remote or far-off place.

شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantboth

    To act with pride and haughtiness, often by lifting one's nose.

شَمَّاخadjective
  1. 1.
    very proudboth

    One who exhibits excessive pride and haughtiness.

شَمَّاخname
  1. 1.
    a poet's nameclassical

    A name of several poets, including Al-Shammakh bin Halif.

شُمَيْخname
  1. 1.
    a kunyaclassical

    A kunya (patronymic or teknonymic name), specifically Abu Amer.

شَامِخname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    The name of a man.

شُمُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    remotenessclassical

    Used to describe a distant or far-off place.

زَمَخnoun
  1. 1.
    remotenessclassical

    A distant place or destination.

زُمُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    remotenessclassical

    A distant place or destination.

زَمُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    remotenessclassical

    Used to describe a distant or far-off place.

نِسْبٌ شَامِخphrase
  1. 1.
    lofty lineagemodern

    A noble or distinguished ancestry.

Parallel reading

شمخ الجبل يشمخ شموخا: علا وارتفع وطال
The mountain rose high, it rose and became tall.
والجبال الشوامخ: الشواهق
And the lofty mountains are the towering ones.
شمخ الرجل بأنفه وشمخ أنفه: تكبر وارتفع وعز، يشمخ شموخا
The man was arrogant with his nose and his nose was arrogant: he was proud, elevated, and mighty, he was arrogant.
نية زمخ وشمخ، محركة، وزموخ وشموخ: بعيدة
A distant intention, both 'zamakh' and 'shamakh', moved, and 'zumookh' and 'shumookh': distant.
والشماخ بن حليف وابن المختار، وابن العلاء، وابن عمر و، وابن ضرار، وابن أبي شداد: شعراء
And Al-Shammakh bin Halif, Ibn Al-Mukhtar, Ibn Al-Ala, Ibn Umar, Ibn Dirar, and Ibn Abi Shaddad: poets.
شميخ، كزبير، كنيته أبو عامر
Shumaykh, like Zubayr, his kunya is Abu Amer.
جبل شامخ، كزبير، كنيته أبو عامر
A lofty mountain, like Zubayr, its kunya is Abu Amer.
جبل شامخ وشماخ: طويل في السماء
A lofty and towering mountain: tall in the sky.
ومن المجاز: نسب شامخ
And from the figurative speech: a lofty lineage.