اشتبك

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اشتبكVIII , quasi-pass. of شَبَكَهُ, It had one part thereof infixed, and inserted, into another, or parts thereof into others; as also تشبّك , quasi-pass. of شبّكهُ: so in the M: but ↓ the latter imports muchness, or multiplicity: [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 , [or the last may be a mistranscription for تشبّكت ,] The stars were intermixed among themselves, and confused: [or were clustered together:] or اِشْتِبَاكُ النُّجُومِ signifies the stars' being numerous, and being intermixed among themselves; from شَبَكَةُ الصَّائِدِ [“the net of the fisherman” or “sportsman”]: or their being numerous, and [as though] gathered [or clustered] together: or, as some say, the appearing of all the stars [which causes them to appear confused]. And اشتبكت العُرُوقُ The veins were knit together, commingled, or intricately intermixed or intermingled; syn. اِشْتَجَرَت. And اشتبك السَّرَابُ The mirage became intermixed, or confused. And اشتبك الظَّلَامُ The darkness became confused. And اشتكبت الأُمُورُ, and تشابكت , and شبّكت , and تشبّكت , The affairs became intricate, complicated, perplexed, or confused. And اشتكبت الحَرْبُ بَيْنَهُمْ 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 The close [or intimate] connexion of relationship by birth: [and in like manner, الأَرْحَامِ such connexion of relationships by birth: see an ex. of its part. n., voce مُشْتَبِكٌ.]

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