شَمَخَ

, (S, L, K,) aorist شَمُخَ , verbal noun شُمُوخٌ, (L,) It (a mountain) was high, or lofty. (S, L, K.)

Hence, (Har p. 442,) شَمَخَ بِأَنْفِهِ, (S, A, L, K,) and شَمَخَ أَنْفُهُ, aorist and verbal noun 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.]