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شَمَخَ

Root: شمخ

Form: 1

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شَمَخَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شُمُوخٌ, It was high, or lofty.
2 Hence, شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, and شَمَخَ أَنْفُهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He magnified, or exalted, himself; was proud; behaved proudly, or disdainfully; elevated his nose, from pride. [See also زَمَخَ.]
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