أَشَمُّ
Root: شم
Full Definition
أَشَمُّ
, applied to a man, Having that quality of the nose which is termed
شَمَمٌ; or so أَشَمُّ الأَنْفِ, thus applied: fem. شَمَّآءُ: and pl. شُمٌّ.
2 And [hence,
3 Also A mountain tall, or high, in the head. [And High, as applied to a place of ascent in a mountain: see an ex. of the pl. in a verse cited voce تَصَدَّفَ.]
4 And A shoulder high in the head of its bone.
5 [Freytag mentions two other meanings:
6 “ Ventus ex alto veniens, qui penetrantioris est odoratus:
7 [and] fem. شَمَّاء Jugum extensum in monte: ” from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
2 And [hence,
3 Also A mountain tall, or high, in the head. [And High, as applied to a place of ascent in a mountain: see an ex. of the pl. in a verse cited voce تَصَدَّفَ.]
4 And A shoulder high in the head of its bone.
5 [Freytag mentions two other meanings:
6 “ Ventus ex alto veniens, qui penetrantioris est odoratus:
7 [and] fem. شَمَّاء Jugum extensum in monte: ” from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
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