See also: شایعه

Arabic

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Etymology

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Feminine of the derived from the active participle of the verb شَاعَ (šāʕa, to spread, become public), from the root ش ي ع (š-y-ʕ); compare شَائِع (šāʔiʕ, spread about, public).

Noun

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شَائِعَة (šāʔiʕaf (plural شَائِعَات (šāʔiʕāt) or شَوَائِع (šawāʔiʕ))

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    Synonym: إِشَاعَة (ʔišāʕa)

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شائعة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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