اشتبك

, 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 الصَّايءِدِ [“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; synonym 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; synonym نَشِبَت. (TA in article نشب.) And اشتبكت أَنْيَابُهُ وَاخْتَلَفَتْ [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 example of its particle n., voce مُشْتَبِكٌ.]