Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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4 اذاعهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) and اذاع بِهِ, (Zj, K,) as in the Kur iv. 85, (Zj,) inf. n. إِِذَاعَةٌ, (TA in art. ذوع,) He spread, published, divulged, revealed, made known, or disclosed, it; (Zj, S, Msb, * K;) and (so Zj, but in the K, “ or, ”) proclaimed it among the people; (Zj, K;) namely, information, news, or tidings, (S,) or discourse, (Msb,) or a secret. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, app., (TA in art. ذوع,) اذاع القَوْمُ (S, K,) and اذاعت الإِِبِلُ, (K,) مَا فِى الحوض, (S,) or بِمَا فى الحوض, (K,) (tropical:) The people, or company of men, and the camels, drank what was in the watering-trough, or tank, (S, K, TA,) all of it. (S.) ― -b3- And hence, app., (TA,) اذاع بِهِ signifies also (tropical:) He took it away; namely, another's property, (K,) and anything. (TA.) ― -b4- Accord. to the K, the medial radical letter is both و and ى; but correctly it is ى: (TA in the present art. and in art. ذوع:) so accord. to AZ and J and Z. (TA in art. ذوع.)