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شَبَكَة
network /ˈʃabaka/
nounA2#1198 most common
Also: net, web, grid
Example sentences
هَل يُوجَد شَبَكَة هُنا؟
Is there a network here?
شَبَكَة الإنترنت بَطيئة اليَوم.
The internet network is slow today.
اِصطادَ الصَّيّادُ السَّمَكَ بِشَبَكَةٍ كَبيرةٍ.
The fisherman caught the fish with a big net.
تَربِطُ الشَّبَكَةُ آلافَ الحَواسيبِ مَعًا.
The network links thousands of computers together.
اِنتَشَرَتِ الأخبارُ بِسُرعةٍ عَبرَ شَبَكاتِ التَّواصُلِ الاجتِماعيِّ.
The news spread quickly across social media networks.
كَشَفَتِ السُّلُطاتُ عَن شَبَكةٍ مُنَظَّمةٍ لِتَهريبِ الآثار.
The authorities uncovered an organized network for smuggling antiquities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَبَكةٌ | شَبَكاتٌ |
| Genitive | شَبَكةٍ | شَبَكاتٍ |
| Accusative | شَبَكةً | شَبَكاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شَبَكةُ | يا شَبَكاتُ |
Word family
شَبَّكَto interlace, interlock
اِشتَبَكَto clash, become entangled
شُبّاكwindow
تَشابُكentanglement, interweaving
مُشتَبِكinterlocking, engaged in combat
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root š-b-k, which carries the sense of interweaving and entangling. A شَبَكة is literally a thing made of interwoven threads, that is, a net. From the physical net the meaning extended to any web of connections, including electrical grids and the internet.
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