loftiness, superiority, haughtiness

, (S, L, K,) aor. , inf. n. شُمُوخٌ, (L,) It (a mountain) was high, or lofty. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- Hence, (Har p. 442,) شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, (S, A, L, K,) and شَمَخَ أَنْفُهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (L,) He (a man) magnified, or exalted, himself; was proud; (S, A, L, K;) behaved proudly, or disdainfully; elevated his nose, from pride. (L.) [See also زَمَخَ.]

(L, K) and ↓ شَمُوخٌ (L) A distant, far-reaching, or far-aiming, intention, purpose, or design; [in an action or a journey &c.;] (L, K;) as also نيَّةٌ زَمَخٌ and زَمُوخٌ. (L.)

A desert, or waterless desert, farextending; (K;) as also زمُوخٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also شَمَخٌ.

: see what follows, in two places.

A high, or lofty, mountain; (S, A, L;) as also ↓ شَمَّاخٌ [but in an intensive sense, i. e. a very high or lofty mountain]: (L:) pl. جِبَالٌ شَوَامِخُ (S, A) and شُمَّخٌ. (A.) ― -b2- Hence, شَامِخٌ signifies also Proud; (L, TA;) elevating the nose, from pride, or disdain: [like زَامِخٌ:] pl. شُمَّخٌ: (L, K:) and ↓ شَمَّاخٌ a man who magnifies, or exalts, himself much; or elevates his nose much, from pride. (L.) ― -b3- And أُنُوفٌ شُمَّخٌ [Noses elevated, from pride]; like زُمَّخٌ. (S.) ― -b4- And نَسَبٌ شَامِخٌ (tropical:) [A proud, or high, lineage]. (TA.)