شبك

شَبَكَةٌ ذ 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.)