صِمَاخٌ
Root: صمخ
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صِمَاخٌ
The ear-hole: the hole, or inner hole, of the ear, that penetrates to [the interior of] the head: and
أُصْمُوخٌ signifies the same: of the dial. of Temeem: and سِمَاخٌ is a dial. var., as also أُسْمُوخٌ: and, as some say, the ear itself: pl. أَصْمِخَةٌ, a pl. of pauc., and أَصْمَاخٌ, [also a pl. of pauc.,] and صُمُخٌ and صَمَائِخُ. One says, ضَرَبَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى
صِمَاخِهِ, and عَلَى أَصْمِخَتِهِمْ, meaning God made him, and them, to sleep: phrases similar to ضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ, in the Kur [xviii. 10: see art. ضرب]. And هٰذَا كَلَامٌ يُؤْلِمُ أَصْمَاخِى [This is speech that pains my ears].
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