1. سَمَكَ
1 samaka * , [aor. samuka ,] inf. n. sumuwkN , It (a thing) rose, or became high or elevated or lofty. (S, K.) ― -b2- And, aor. and inf. n. as above, He ascended. (TA.) One says, Ausomuko fiY Alr~ayomi Ascend thou the stairs. (S, TA. [See rayomN .]) -A2- And samakahu , (S, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. samokN , He raised, elevated, upraised, or uplifted, it. (S, K.) So in the phrase, samaka A@ll~`hu Als~amaA='a [ God raised the heaven ]. (S.)
2. سَمْكٌ
samokN * The roof of a house, or chamber: (S, Mgh, * K: *) or the interior uppermost part [i. e. the ceiling ] of a house, or chamber; the exterior uppermost part thereof being called SahowapN : (Ham p. 725:) or [the height ] from the top to the bottom of a house or chamber. (K.) [And hence, The canopy of the heaven or sky: or] the measure of the height of the heaven from the earth: or the thickness thereof, upwards. (Bd in lxxix. 28.) And The stature, or height in a standing posture, or anything: (K:) thus expl. by Lth: one says biEiyrN Tawiylu Als~amoki [ A camel tall of stature ]. (TA.) [In the present day, it signifies The extent of anything from top to bottom; its height, depth, and thickness: and is vulgarly pronounced sumok .]
3. سَمَكٌ
samakN * Fish; syn. HuwtN ; (K;) a kind of aquatic creatures: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with p : pl. of the former simaAkN and sumuwkN . (S, TA.) $awaY fiY AlHariyqi samakatahu [ He broiled his fish in the fire of a burning house ] is a post-classical prov. of the people of Baghdád, relating to the concealing, disguising, or cloaking, of a fault, for the purpose of seizing an opportunity; orginating from the fact that the thief used, when he saw the fire of a burning house in a place, to go thither for the purpose of theft; and if it were in his power, he did what he desired; and if he were lighted on, he said, I came to broil a fish. (Mtr, in Har pp. 481-2.) ― -b2- Als~amakapu [is a name of (tropical:) The constellation Pisces; also called Als~amakataAni ;] a certain sign of the Zodiac; (K, TA;) thought by ISd to be so called because it is a watery sign; and also called AlHuwtu . (TA.)