م • خ

It (a bone) was, or became, marrowy; had, or contained, marrow in it. (S, K.) It (a camel, S, L, and a sheep or goat, L, K) became fat: (S, L, K:) or became in the first stage of fatness; or in the last stage when becoming lean. (L.) امخّ (tropical:) It (a branch, or twig,) became sappy, and succulent. (L, K.) (tropical:) It (standing corn, K, or its grain, L) became supplied with the farinaceous substance. (L, K.)

A bone containing marrow. (K.) مَخِيخَةٌ A ewe, (L, K,) and a she-camel, (L,) having marrow in her bones. (L, K.) Also, the latter, (tropical:) An excellent she-camel: (TA:) pl. مَخَايءِخُ. (K.)

i. q. لِينٌ Softness, &c.: or لَيْنٌ soft, &c. (So in different copies of the K.)

: see مُمِخٌّ.

act. part. n. of أَمَخَّ. بَيْنَ المُمِخَّةِ والعَجْفَاءِ [Between the fat she-camel or ewe, and the lean]. A proverb. (S, A, L.) Said of a thing which is of a middling sort. (A.) لِسَانٌ مُمِخٌّ A sharp, or ready, tongue, powerful to speak: and a tongue that intercedes well. (A.) أَمْرٌ مُمِخٌّ (A, L, K) and ↓ مُمَخِّخٌ, (A,) A thing, or an affair, in which is excellence, and good: (A:) or, that benefits; syn. طَايءِلٌ: (L:) but accord. to the K, long; syn. طَوِيلٌ. (TA.)

What one sucks from a bone; (L;) what comes forth from a bone into the mouth of him who sucks it. (K.) See مُخٌّ.

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.) [Any kind of pulp.] ↓ مُخَّةٌ is a more special term than مُخٌّ, (S,) signifying A portion, or piece, of marrow. (L.) شَرٌّ مَّا يُجِيُوءكَ إِلَى 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.] مُخٌّ also signifies (sometimes, S,) (assumed tropical:) The brain. (S, K.) Also, The bulb (lit. fat, شَحْمَة,) of the eye. (A, K.) Mostly used in this sense in poetry. (TA.) Also, (tropical:) Good, profit, or advantage. Ex. لَا أَرَى لِأَمْرِكَ مُخًّا I see no good, or profit, or advantage, [pertaining] to thy affair. (A.) Also, (tropical:) The purest, choicest, best, or most excellent, part of anything: (S, A, L, K:) and ↓ مُخَّةٌ (A, L) and ↓ مُخَاخَةٌ. (TA.) Ex. هٰوءُلَاءُ مُخُّ القَوْمِ, and ↓ مُخَّتُهُمْ, (tropical:) These are the best of the people. (A.) And الدُّعَاءُ 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.)

: see مُخٌّ.

, (K,) and ↓ تمخّخهُ and ↓ امتخّهُ (S, K) and ↓ مَخْمَخَهُ, (K,) He extracted the marrow from the bone. (S, K.)