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زمك

زِمِكٌّ ذ : see the following paragraph. زِمِكَّى ذ , (Fr, S, K,) with kesr to the ز and م, (K,) like زِمِجَّى [in measure and in meaning, app. from the Pers. زِمْجِى], (S,) [in the O erroneously written زِمَكَّى,] and ↓ زِمِكٌّ , (Fr, K, TA,) like فِلِزٌّ, (TA,) [in the O erroneously written زِمَكّ, and in the CK زَمَك,] and ↓ زِمِكّآءُ , (TA,) The place of the growth of the tail of a bird: (Fr, S, K:) or the root of the tail of a bird: (M, K:) or the whole tail of a bird: (K:) or sometimes, accord. to Lth, the tail itself is called زمكّى when it is short (إِِذَا قَصُرَ), (O, TA, *) or, as in some copies [of his book, meaning the 'Eyn], when it is clipped (اذا قُصَّ). (TA.) زِمِكَّآءُ ذ : see the preceding paragraph.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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