kamakha

be haughty, turn up the nose

كَمَخَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ك م خ

Forms

Present: يَكْمَخُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	كَمَخَ	يَكْمَخُ	—
she هِيَ	كَمَخَت	تَكْمَخُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	كَمَخا	يَكْمَخانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	كَمَخَتا	تَكْمَخانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	كَمَخُوا	يَكْمَخُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	كَمَخْنَ	يَكْمَخْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	كَمَخْتَ	تَكْمَخُ	اِكْمَخْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	كَمَخْتِ	تَكْمَخِينَ	اِكْمَخِي
you two أَنْتُما	كَمَخْتُما	تَكْمَخانِ	اِكْمَخَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	كَمَخْتُم	تَكْمَخُونَ	اِكْمَخُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	كَمَخْتُنَّ	تَكْمَخْنَ	اِكْمَخْنَ
I أَنا	كَمَخْتُ	أَكْمَخُ	—
we نَحْنُ	كَمَخْنا	نَكْمَخُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

كَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ Form I He magnified himself, or was proud

, (S, L, K,) aor. ; (K;) and بانفه ↓ اكمخ; (L;) He magnified himself, or was proud; (S, L, K;) elevated his nose, from pride: (L:) or اكمخ he elevated his head, from pride; (L;) i. q. اقمح [in the CK with خ]: (K:) or he sat in the manner of him who magnifies himself (S, L) in his own mind. (L.) أَكْمَخُوا بَأْوًا They flourished and increased in self exaltation: or تَرَادُّوا. (L.) ― -b2- كَمَخَهُ بِاللِّجَامِ He pulled him in [i. e. a horse or the like] by the bridle and bit, in order to check or stop him; (L:) i. q. كَبَحَهُ; (K;) [or he pulled up his head by the bridle and bit]. See كَمَحَ. -A2- كَمَخَ بِهِ, (K,) aor. , (L,) inf. n. كمْخٌ, (S, L,) He voided it, namely his excrement, or ordure; or voided it in a thin state; syn. سَلَحَ. (S, K.) Some bread and كَامَِخ [q. v. infra] were offered to an Arab of the desert, and he knew not the latter; so it was said to him, “ This is كامخ; ” whereupon he said, “ I know that it is كامخ; ” and added, أَيُّكُمْ كَمَخَ بِهِ “ which of you voided it? ” ايّكم سَلَحَ به. (S.) ― -b2- كَمَخَ بِسَلْحِهِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He (a camel) voided his excrement, or ordure, in a thin state. (L.)
أَكْمَخَ Form IV It (a vine) put forth its gems when about to put forth its leaves

See 1. -A2- اكمخ It (a vine) put forth its gems when about to put forth its leaves. (AHn.) [See also أَكْمَحَ.]
كُمَاخٌ magnifying one's self; pride

The magnifying one's self; pride. (Abu-l-'Abbás, K.)
كَامَخٌ A kind of seasoning, or condiment, eaten with bread to render it pleasant, or savoury

, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) sometimes written and pronounced كَامِخٌ, (Msb, and written in both these ways in a copy of the S) but the former is better known, and more common, (TA,) an arabicized word, (S, Mgh, Msb,) from the Persian كَامَهْ, (Mgh, Shifá el-Ghaleel,) A kind of seasoning, or condiment, eaten with bread to render it pleasant, or savoury; (S, Msb, K;) [a thing used to give relish to food, or to quicken the appetite;] accord. to some, prepared with vinegar, and used to quicken the appetite; (TA;) also called مُرِّىٌّ: (Msb:) or it is a bad sort of مُرِّىّ: (Mgh, Msb:) pl. كَوَامِخُ, (Msb,) or كَوَامِيخُ. (Mgh.)
مَلِكٌ كَيْمَخٌ A king having his head elevated, from pride

A king having his head elevated, from pride. (L.)

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