plaited, adorned with latticework

, aor. , (K, TA,) inf. n. شَبْكٌ; (TA;) and ↓ شبّكهُ, inf. n. تَشْبِيكٌ; He infixed, (K, TA,) and inserted, (TA,) one part thereof into another, or parts thereof into others: (K, TA:) so in the M: (TA:) [but the latter more usually signifies he infixed, and inserted, many parts thereof into others: (see 8, first sentence, respecting its quasipass.:) and hence, he made it reticulated, retiform, like a net; and like a lattice, or trellis, or grating, or cage: and both signify also he made it commingled in its several parts, intricate, complicated, perplexed, or confused; either properly, as when the object is a fabric, or anything made by art, or created; or tropically, as when the object is ideal:] primarily, (TA,) الشَّبْكُ signifies الخَلْطُ [i. e. the mixing together a thing or things]; and [implies] التَّدَاخُلُ [i. e. the entering of one part of a thing into another part, or of parts of a thing or things into other parts; or the being intermixed, or intermingled]. (S, TA.) Hence, الأَصَابِعِ ↓ تَشْبِيكُ, (S, TA,) meaning The inserting of some of the fingers [i. e. those of one hand] amid the other fingers; (Msb, TA;) which it is forbidden to do in prayer: (TA:) one says, [شبّك أَصَابِعَهُ, or] شبّك بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ, He inserted, or interserted, his fingers together [so as to conjoin his two hands]: (MA:) or, as some interpret it, تَشْبِيكُ الأَصَابِعِ which is forbidden in prayer is (assumed tropical:) the mixing, and entering, into contentions, or altercations. (TA.) [Hence also,] ↓ كَانَتِ الرِّيحُ شَبَّكَتْهُمْ, a saying of Mohammad Ibn-Zekereeyà, meaning (assumed tropical:) The wind had made them like the شَبَكَة [or net], in the interkniting and contraction of the limbs. (Mgh.) ― -b2- شَبَكَهُ عَنْهُ, inf. n. as above, means (assumed tropical:) He, or it, diverted him, or occupied him so as to divert him, from him, or it. (TA.)

see above, in three places: -A2- and see also 8, in two places.

, inf. n. مُشَابَكَةٌ, [app. (assumed tropical:) He caused an embroilment between them two,] occurring in a tradition, (TA.)

They dug wells (O, K) such as are called شِبَاكٌ (O) or such as are called شَبَكَةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- And أَشْبَكَ It (a place) had [such] wells dug in it by many persons. (TA.)

see 8, in four places.

see 8, in three places, ― -b2- تشابكت السِّبَاعُ The beasts of prey leaped [the females]; syn. نَزَتْ: (K:) or desired to do so (أَرَادَتِ النِّزَآءِ). (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- تَشَابَكَا [app. (assumed tropical:) They became embroiled, each with the other;] quasi-pass. of شَابَكَ بَيْنَهُمَا. (TA.)

, quasi-pass. of شَبَكَهُ, It had one part thereof infixed, (K, TA,) and inserted, (TA,) into another, or parts thereof into others; as also ↓ تشبّك, quasi-pass. of شبّكهُ: (K, TA:) so in the M: but ↓ the latter imports muchness, or multiplicity: (TA:) [i. e. it signifies it had many parts thereof infixed, and inserted, into others: and hence, it was reticulated, retiform, like a net; and like a lattice, or trellis, or grating, or cage: and both signify also it was, or became, commingled in its several parts, intricate, complicated, perplexed, or confused; either properly, as when said of a fabric, or anything made by art, or created; or tropically, as when said of what is ideal.] One says, اشتبكت النُّجُومُ, and ↓ تشابكت, and ↓ شَبَّكَت, [or the last may be a mistranscription for ↓ تشبّكت,] The stars were intermixed among themselves, and confused: (TA:) [or were clustered together:] or اِشْتِبَاكُ النُّجُومِ signifies the stars' being numerous, and being intermixed among themselves; from شَبَكَةُ الصَّايأِدِ [“the net of the fisherman” or “sportsman”]: (Mgh:) or their being numerous, and [as though] gathered [or clustered] together: (Msb:) or, as some say, the appearing of all the stars [which causes them to appear confused]. (TA.) And اشتبكت العُرُوقُ The veins were knit together, commingled, or intricately intermixed or intermingled; syn. اِشْتَجَرَت. (O, TA.) And اشتبك السَّرَابُ The mirage became intermixed, or confused. (TA.) And اشتبك الظَّلَامُ (tropical:) The darkness became confused. (S, O, TA.) And اشتكبت الأُمُورُ, and ↓ تشابكت, and ↓ شبّكت, (K, TA,) and ↓ تشبّكت, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) The affairs became intricate, complicated, perplexed, or confused. (K, TA.) And اشتكبت الحَرْبُ بَيْنَهُمْ (assumed tropical:) The war, or fight, became intricate, and entangled between them; syn. نَشِبَت. (TA in art. نشب.) And اشتبكت أَنْيَابُهُ وَٱخْتَلَفَتْ [His canine teeth locked together, and were dissimilar]; referring to a lion. (O. [See also شَابِكٌ.]) اِشْتِبَاكُ الرَّحِمِ means (tropical:) The close [or intimate] connexion of relationship by birth: (TA:) [and in like manner, الأَرْحَامِ ↓ تَشَابُكُ such connexion of relationships by birth: see an ex. of its part. n., voce مُشْتَبِكٌ.]

: see شَبَكَةٌ. ― -b2- Also The teeth of a comb; (O, K;) because of their nearness together. (TA.)

, (K,) or شُبْكَةٌ نَسَب ٍ, (S, Msb,) (tropical:) Between them two is [a close or an intimate connexion of] relationship by birth: (S, K, TA:) and بَيْنَ القَوْمِ شُبْكَةُ نَسَب ٍ (tropical:) Between the people, or party, is an intermingling [of relationship]. (O, TA.)

The شَرَكَة [meaning net] of the صَيَّاد [i. e. fisherman, and fowler or sportsman]; (K;) the مِصْيَدَة, (Lth, O, TA,) or instrument of الصَّيْد, (S,) that is used in the water [i. e. for catching fish] and on the land [i. e. for catching fowls or wild animals]; (Lth, O, * TA;) applied by some peculiarly to the مِصْيَدَة of the water; (TA;) and ↓ شُبَّاكٌ signifies the same: (K:) pl. of the former شِبَاكٌ (S, Msb, K) and شَبَكَاتٌ (Msb) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ شَبَكٌ: (Msb, K:) and the pl. of ↓ شُبَّاكٌ is شَبَابِيكُ (K.) ― -b2- And A certain thing for the head; (Lth, O;) [a small net, for the head, a veil of net-work, in order that the face may not be known. (Golius, on the authority of Meyd.)] -A2- Also Wells near together, (K, TA,) of which the water is near [to the mouths], communicating [app. by filtration] one with another: so accord. to El-Kutabee: (TA:) or wells separate, one from another: (M and L in art. مأد:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) wells (O, K, TA) that are open to view, (K, TA,) dug in a rugged place, of the depth of the stature of a man, and twice and thrice that measure, in which the rain-water becomes retained: so called because of their mutual proximity, and confusedness: a single one of them is not called شَبَكَةٌ; for this is only a name for a plural number; but the pl. شِبَاكٌ is applied to aggregates thereof in sundry places: (O, TA:) or شِبَاكٌ, (S,) or شَبَكَةٌ, (Msb,) signifies wells that are numerous and near together in a [tract of] land; (S, Msb;) form اِشْتِبَاكُ النُّجُومِ: (Msb:) or, accord. to As, شَبَكَةٌ signifies wells, or other pits or hollows dug in the ground, that are numerous; and the pl. is شِبَاكٌ. (IDrd, O.) ― -b2- And A [tract of] land in which are many wells, (K, TA,) not tracts that exude water and produce salt, nor such as give growth to plants, or herbage: (TA:) or [the pl.] شِبَاكٌ signifies places, of the earth, that are not such as exude water and produce salt, nor such as give growth to plants, or herbage; such as the شِبَاك of El-Basrah. (Lth, O.) ― -b3- And The burrow of the [field-rat called] جُرَذ: (K, TA:) or the burrows thereof, which are near together: pl. شِبَاكٌ. (TA.)

, (thus in the 'Eyn and O and L and TA,) or ↓ شُبَّاكٌ, (thus in the K, there said to be like زُنَّارٌ,) but [SM says that] the latter is a manifest mistake, (TA,) A thing, (K, TA,) or anything, (Lth, O,) composed of canes, or reeds, (K, TA,) or such as canes, or reeds, (Lth, O,) firmly bound together, (Lth, O, TA,) in the manner of the manufacture of mats: (Lth, O, K, TA:) a single piece whereof is termed ↓ شِبَاكَةٌ, (Lth, O, TA,) or ↓ شُبَّاكَةٌ. (So in the K.) ― -b2- And likewise, (i. e. شِبَاكٌ, as in the 'Eyn and O and L, but in the K ↓ شُبَّاكٌ, TA,) What is between the curved pieces of wood of the [vehicles called] مَحَامِل, [pl. of مَحْمِل, q. v., composed] of net-work of thongs (مِنْ تَشْبِيكِ القِدِّ [القِدّ being here used as a coll. gen. n.: see art. قد]). (K, TA.)

: see the next preceding paragraph.