مخ

مُخٌّ ذ The marrow (نِقْى, in the CK نَقِىّ,) of a bone; (K;) that which is in a bone; (S;) the substance which is extracted from a bone; (IDrd;) the greasy or oily substance which is in a bone: (Msb:) pl. مِخَخَةٌ (S, K) and مِخَاخٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [ Any kind of pulp. ] ― -b3- ↓ مُخَّةٌ is a more special term than مُخٌّ, (S,) signifying A portion, or piece, of marrow. (L.) ― -b4- شَرٌّ مَّا يُجِيُؤكَ اـِلَى مُخَّةِ عُرْقُوبٍ [ It is an evil thing that compelleth thee to have recourse to the marrow of a hock ]. A proverb. (S.) [See art. عرقب.] ― -b5- مُخٌّ also signifies (sometimes, S,) (assumed tropical:) The brain. (S, K.) ― -b6- Also, The bulb (lit. fat, شَحْمَة,) of the eye. (A, K.) Mostly used in this sense in poetry. (TA.) ― -b7- Also, (tropical:) Good, profit, or advantage. Ex. لَا أَرَى لِأَمْرِكَ مُخًّا I see no good, or profit, or advantage, [ pertaining ] to thy affair. (A.) ― -b8- Also, (tropical:) The purest, choicest, best, or most excellent, part of anything: (S, A, L, K:) and ↓ مُخَّةٌ (A, L) and ↓ مُخَاخَةٌ. (TA.) Ex. هٰؤُلَاآءُ مُخُّ القَوْمِ, and ↓ مُخَّتُهُمْ, (tropical:) These are the best of the people. (A.) And الدُّعَاآءُ مُخُّ العِبَادَةِ (tropical:) Supplication is the purest, or best, part of religious worship, or devotion. (L, from a trad.) And هٰذَا مِنْ مُخِّ قَلْبِى, and ↓ مُخَّتِهِ, (tropical:) This [ proceeds ] from the purest, or best, [ affections ] of my heart. (L.)