Rizwan Zubair

Root ش م خ sh-m-kh

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ش م خsh-m-kh

(ن) شَمَخَ يَشْمُخُ شُمُوْخًاshamakha yashmukhu shumūkhan: to be very lofty; and «شَمَخَ بِاَنْفِهِۦshamakha biʾanfihi» means to turn up one's nose, to be arrogant.

شَامِخٌshāmikh pl. شٰمِخٰتٌshāmikhāt (active participle, ism fāʿil): exceedingly lofty. Only once in the Quran, in the description of mountains: ﴿وَّجَعَلْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ شٰمِخٰتٍ﴾ (Al-Mursalāt 77:27)

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