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مخخ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the marrow found within bones, and by extension, the essence or best part of something. It also extends to concepts of fatness in animals and the act of extracting marrow.

Derived headwords

المَخّnoun
  1. 1.
    that which is in the boneboth

    that which is in the bone

مُخّةnoun
  1. 1.
    specific marrowclassical

    A more specific or particular type of marrow, often referring to the marrow of a specific bone.

مُخّnoun
  1. 1.
    the essence of everythingboth

    the essence of everything

مُخّnoun
  1. 1.
    the essence of everythingboth

    the essence of everything

مُخّةnoun
  1. 1.
    marrow of a specific boneclassical

    Specifically refers to the marrow of the 'Arqūb bone, used in a proverb.

مُخّnoun
  1. 1.
    the essence of everythingboth

    the essence of everything

مُخّnoun
  1. 1.
    the essence of everythingboth

    the essence of everything

أمَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to have marrowclassical

    Said of a bone when its marrow begins to flow or become prominent.

أمَخَتverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatclassical

    Said of camels when they become fat and well-fed.

المُمَخَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    fat camelclassical

    Refers to a fat or well-fed camel, contrasted with a lean one.

امتَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowboth

    To extract the marrow from a bone.

تمَخَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowboth

    To extract the marrow from a bone.

Parallel reading

المخ: الذي في العظم
The marrow: that which is in the bone.
والمخة أخص منه
And the mukhkhah is more specific than it.
شر ما يجيئك إلى مخة عرقوب
The worst thing that comes to you is to the marrow of 'Arqūb.
وجمع المخ مخخة
And the plural of al-mukhkh is mukhkhah.
وربما سموا الدماغ مخا
And sometimes they call the brain mukhkh.
ولا ننتقي المخ الذي في الجماجم
And we do not select the marrow that is in the skulls.
وخالص كل شئ: مخه
And the pure essence of everything is its mukhkh.
وقد أمخ العظم: جرى فيه المخ
And the bone has become amakhkha: the marrow flowed in it.
وأمخت الابل: سمنت
And the camels became amakhat: they grew fat.
بين الممخة والعجفاء
Between the fat one and the lean one.
وامتخخت العظم وتمخخته: أخرجت مخه
And I extracted the marrow from the bone and extracted its marrow: I took out its marrow.