شِمْرَاخٌ
Root: شمرخ
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شِمْرَاخٌ
and
شُمْرُوخٌ A [fruit-] stalk of the raceme of a palm-tree; the عِثْكَال, or thing, upon which are the dates; [i. e. any one of the stalks that branch off from the main stem of the raceme, and on which hang the dates; each of these stalks comprising a number of dates, one below another:] pl. of both شَمَارِيخُ: the عِذْق, or كِبَاسَة, [q. v.,] comprises the شَمَارِيخ: (Msb voce عِذْقٌ:) or an
عِثْكَال
upon which are unripe dates, or grapes: originally relating to a raceme of dates; but sometimes, to grapes: and the former word [or each] signifies a small bunch of grapes, growing apart, but attached to the lower portion of the stalk of a larger bunch.
2 Also, شِمْرَاخٌ, The head of a mountain: or a round, tall, slender head, or peak, of a mountain: accord. to As, [the pl.] شَمَارِيخُ signifies the heads of mountains: or it signifies the upper, or uppermost, part [or parts] of a mountain; and in like manner, of trees. And
3 And A blaze upon the face of a horse, when it is narrow, and long, and extending so as to cover the [part of the nose called] خَيْشُوم, but not reaching to the lip: or a blaze, upon the face of a horse, extending downwards on the nose. [See غُرَّةٌ سَائِلَةٌ, in art. سيل.] Accord. to J, The horse itself [that has such a blaze] is also thus called; but this is a mistake: it seems that he meant to have said ذُو شِمْرَاخٍ; but this, in a verse which he cites, is the name of a horse of Málik Ibn-'Owf En-Nadree, as is said in the K.
4 [The pl.] الشَّمَارِيخُ is also a name applied by the Arabs to
2 Also, شِمْرَاخٌ, The head of a mountain: or a round, tall, slender head, or peak, of a mountain: accord. to As, [the pl.] شَمَارِيخُ signifies the heads of mountains: or it signifies the upper, or uppermost, part [or parts] of a mountain; and in like manner, of trees. And
3 And A blaze upon the face of a horse, when it is narrow, and long, and extending so as to cover the [part of the nose called] خَيْشُوم, but not reaching to the lip: or a blaze, upon the face of a horse, extending downwards on the nose. [See غُرَّةٌ سَائِلَةٌ, in art. سيل.] Accord. to J, The horse itself [that has such a blaze] is also thus called; but this is a mistake: it seems that he meant to have said ذُو شِمْرَاخٍ; but this, in a verse which he cites, is the name of a horse of Málik Ibn-'Owf En-Nadree, as is said in the K.
4 [The pl.] الشَّمَارِيخُ is also a name applied by the Arabs to
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