[in the CK عَقَبَةٌ] (JK, A, K) and ↓زَمَخٌ (K) (tropical:) [A stage of a journey] far-extending, (K,) hard, or difficult. (AZ, IAar, JK, K.) One says, سَارَ عُقْبَةً زَمُوخًا (tropical:) [He journeyed a long and hard stage]. (A.)
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And نِيَّةٌ زَمُوخٌ (A, and L in article شمخ) and ↓زَمَخٌ, like شَمُوخٌ and شَمَخٌ, (L in that article,) (tropical:) A distant, far-reaching, or faraiming, intention, purpose, or design. (A, and L ubi suprà.)