Core sense — he faced the wind, turning his nose towards itgenerated
5.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe camels faced the wind, and snuffed it—تمخّرت الإِبِلُ الرِّيحَ
Said of a horse: he faced the wind, or turned his nose towards the wind, to make himself more comfortable; also امتخرها and استمخرها.
apparently: I went out to snuff the wind—خَرَجْتُ أَتَمَخَّرُ الرِّيحَ
I directed my nose towards the wind—إِسْتَمْخَرْتُ الرِّيحَ
when one of you wants to make water, let him see where the wind blows from and not face it—إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ البَوْلَ فَلْيَتَمَخَّرِ الرِّيحَ
turn your backs to the wind when making water—إِسْتَمْخِرُوا الرِّيحَ
Mostly said of the camel.
Used figuratively of a man, as in this example.
This is said in a tradition: so that the wind may not drive the urine back against him and sprinkle him; instead let him turn his back to the wind.
From a tradition of Surākah, as related by ISh, on the same subject.
As though (كَأَنَّهُ so in the copies of the K; but in the Nh of IAth, لِأَنَّهُ for) when one turns his back to it, he cleaves it with his back, so that it passes on his right and left.
Though تَمَخُّرٌ sometimes means facing the wind, in this tradition it means turning the back; but that is not properly its meaning, for the meaning is looking to see where the wind blows from, and then the man turns his back.
the camels turned themselves towards the pasture—تمخّرت الإِبِلُ الكَلَأَ
Show Lane's original text
He (a horse) faced the wind, (K,) or turned his nose towards the wind, (TA,) for the sake of greater ease to himself; as also امتخرها , and استمخرها . (K.) It is mostly said of the camel: you say, تمخّرت الإِبِلُ الرِّيحَ The camels faced the wind, and snuffed it. (TA.) And, met., of a man; as in the following ex.: خَرَجْتُ أَتَمَخَّرُ الرِّيحَ , app. meaning, I went forth to snuff the wind. (TA.) You also say, إِسْتَمْخَرْتُ الرِّيحَ I directed my nose towards the wind. (S, A.) And it is said in a trad., إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ البَوْلَ فَلْيَتَمَخَّرِ الرِّيحَ (S, K) When any one of you desires to make water, let him see whence the wind blows, and not face it, that it may not drive back the urine against him, (S, TA,) and cause it to sprinkle him; but let him turn his back to the wind. (TA.) And again, (K,) in a trad. of Surákah, as related by ISh, on the same subject, (TA,) إِسْتَمْخِرُوا الرِّيحَ , i.e., Turn ye your backs to the wind, (K,) in making water; (TA;) as though, ( كَأَنَّهُ : so in the copies of the K; but in the Nh of IAth, لِأَنَّهُ , for, TA) when one turns his back to it, he (as it were, TA) cleaves it with his back, so that it passes on his right and left: for though تَمَخُّرٌ sometimes means the act of facing the wind, yet in this trad. it means the turning the back: (K:) but this is not properly its meaning; for the meaning is, the looking to see whence the wind blows: then the man is to turn his back. (TA.) You say also تمخّرت الإِبِلُ الكَلَأَ The camels turned themselves towards the pasture. (L.)