مخخ

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root مخخ primarily relates to the marrow or core of something, extending to the brain and the essence or finest part of anything. It also encompasses concepts of fatness, plumpness, and abundance, particularly in animals, and metaphorically, goodness or excellence.

Derived headwords

المَخُّnoun

1.
marrowboth
The soft, fatty tissue inside bones, especially long bones.
2.
brainboth
The organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
3.
essenceboth
The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.
4.
fat of the eyeclassical
The fatty substance found in the eye, often used metaphorically.
5.
horse nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Ghurab bin Salim.
6.
goodnessboth
Excellence or superiority.
7.
softnessboth
The quality of being soft or yielding.

مُخَّةٌnoun

1.
marrowboth
Specifically refers to the marrow of bones, considered more specific than 'makh'.

مُخاخٌnoun

1.
marrowboth
Plural of 'makh', referring to marrow.

مُخْخَةٌnoun

1.
marrowboth
Another form for marrow, often used in plural contexts.

مُخاخُ العَظْمِnoun

1.
marrow of the boneboth
The marrow contained within a bone.

تَمَخَّخَverb

1.
to extract marrowboth
To remove the marrow from a bone.

اِمْتَخَّverb

1.
to extract marrowboth
To draw out or extract the marrow from a bone.

مَخْمَخَverb

1.
to extract marrowboth
To remove the marrow from a bone.

تَمَكَّكَverb

1.
to extract marrowboth
To extract the marrow from a bone, similar to 'tamakhkh'.

مُخِيخٌadjective

1.
marrowyboth
Describing a bone that is full of marrow.

شَاةٌ مُخِيخَةٌadjective

1.
fat sheepboth
A sheep that is plump and well-fed, implying it has substance.

نَاقَةٌ مُخِيخَةٌadjective

1.
fat she-camelboth
A she-camel that is plump and well-fed.

أَمَخَ العَظْمُverb

1.
to become marrowyboth
For a bone to develop marrow within it.

أَمْخَتِ الدَّابَّةُverb

1.
to become fatboth
For an animal to become fat, especially at the beginning of gaining weight or the end of losing it.

أَمْخَ العُودُverb

1.
to become moistboth
For wood to become moist and have water flowing within it, metaphorically derived from bones having marrow.

أَمْخَ حَبُّ الزَّرْعِverb

1.
to become flouryboth
For grain seeds to develop floury interiors, metaphorically derived from bones having marrow.

المُخاخَةُnoun

1.
what is sucked outboth
That which is extracted or sucked out from a bone, like marrow.

إِبِلٌ مَخائِخُadjective

1.
choice camelsboth
Excellent or choice camels, derived from the idea of being plump and well-fed.

أَمْرٌ مَمْخٌadjective

1.
long matterclassical
A long or extensive affair or matter.
2.
good matterboth
A matter of excellence or goodness.

مُخُّ القَوْمِnoun

1.
best of peopleboth
The best or choicest individuals within a group.

مُخْتُهُمْnoun

1.
best of themboth
The best or choicest among them.

أَمْرٌ مَمْخَخٌadjective

1.
matter of excellenceboth
A matter characterized by abundance, goodness, or superiority.

لِسَانٌ مَمْخٌadjective

1.
eloquent tongueboth
A tongue that is eloquent, persuasive, and strong in speech.

Parallel reading

المخ بالضم، والقطعة مخة: نقي العظم

Al-makh (with dammah) and the piece is makhah: the marrow of the bone.

المخة أخص منه

Al-makhah is more specific than it.

نقي عظام القصب

The marrow of the hollow bones.

المخ: ما أخرج من عظم

Al-makh: what is extracted from a bone.

المخ: الدماغ

Al-makh: the brain.

فلا يسرق الكلب السروق نعالنا ولا ننتقي المخ الذي في الجماجم

So the dog does not steal our sandals, nor do we select the marrow from the skulls.

وشحم العين قد سمي مخا

And the fat of the eye has been named makh.

ما دام مخ في سلامى أو عين

As long as there is marrow in the finger joint or the eye.

المخ: خالص كل شيء

Al-makh: the pure essence of everything.

هذا من مخ قلبي ومخاخَته، كنخه ونهاخته، أي من صافيه

This is from the pure essence of my heart and its core, like its pure essence and its innermost part, meaning from its purest.

الدعاء مخ العبادة

Supplication is the essence of worship.

فجاء يسوق أعنزا عجافا مخاخهن قليل

He came driving lean goats whose marrow was little.

مخخ العظم وتمخخه وامتخه ومخمخه وتمككه: أخرج مخه

To extract the marrow from the bone, to extract it, to draw it out, to remove it, and to suck it out: to take out its marrow.

عظم مخيخ: ذو مخ

A marrowy bone: one with marrow.

وشاة مخيخة، وناقة مخيخة

And a marrowy sheep, and a marrowy she-camel.

أمخ العظم: صار فيه مخ

The bone became marrowy: it developed marrow within it.

أمخت الدابة والشاة: سمنت

The animal and the sheep became fat.

أمخت الإبل أيضا: سمنت

The camels also became fat.

بين الممخة والعجفاء

Between the plump and the emaciated.

أمخ العود: ابتل وجرى فيه الماء

The wood became moist and water flowed in it.

أمخ حب الزرع: جرى فيه الدقيق

The grain seed became floury: the flour developed within it.

المخاخة، بالضم: ما خرج من العظم، في فم ماصه

Al-makhakhah (with dammah): what comes out of the bone, from the mouth of the one sucking it.

وإبل مخائخ: خيار

And choice camels: the best ones.

بات يراعى قلصا مخائخا

He spent the night watching over young, plump camels.

وأمر ممخ: طويل

And a long matter.

هاؤلاء مخ القوم ومختهم: خيارهم

These are the best of the people and their choicest.

ولا أرى لأمرك مخا: خيرا

And I do not see any good in your affair.

وأمر ممخ وممخخ: فيه فضل وخير

And a matter that is abundant and excellent: it has bounty and goodness.

ولسان ممخ: حسن الشفاعة

And an eloquent tongue: good at intercession.

وله لسان ممخ: ذلق قوي على الكلام

And he has an eloquent tongue: sharp and strong in speech.

أهون ما أعملت لسان ممخ

The easiest thing you employed was an eloquent tongue.

بين الممخة والعجفاء

Between the plump and the emaciated.

شر ما أجاءك إلى مخة عرقوب

The worst thing that brought you to the 'makhah of 'Urqub' (a reference to needing something from a base person).