maṣdarإِذَاعَةٌ
Core sense — he spread it, he divulged it, he made it knowngenerated
4.1he spread it, divulged it, or made it known—اذاع بِهِ
Zj: he proclaimed it among the people; the K gives this as an alternative meaning.
Said of information, news, or tidings, of discourse, or of a secret.
This form occurs in the Qurʾān 4:85.
Qur’ān 4:82 approximate — somewhere between 4:65 and 4:87 Lane cites “Kur iv. 85”
Qur’ān 4:83 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَإِذَا جَآءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْنِ أَوِ ٱلْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰٓ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًاWhen there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger, or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
4.1.1figurative · مجازthe people, or company of men, drank all that was in the watering-trough—اذاع القَوْمُ
Apparently derived from the sense above.
the camels drank all that was in the watering-trough, or tank—اذاعت الإِبِلُ
Also occurring as مَا فِى الحوض or بِمَا فى الحوض.
4.1.2figurative · مجازhe took it away—اذاع بِهِ
Apparently derived from the same sense. Said of another's property, and of anything.
4.1.3
According to the K, the middle radical letter is both و and ى, but correctly it is ى, and so according to AZ, J and Z.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
4:83
وَإِذَا جَآءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْنِ أَوِ ٱلْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰٓ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًاWhen there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger, or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, (S, Msb, K,) and اذاع بِهِ , (Zj, K,) as in the Kur iv. 85, (Zj,) inf. n. إِذَاعَةٌ , (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.) Hence, app., (TA in art. ذوع ,) اذاع القَوْمُ (S, K,) and اذاعت الإِبِلُ , (K,) مَا فِى الحوض , (S,) or بِمَا فى الحوض , (K,) 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.) And hence, app., (TA,) اذاع بِهِ signifies also He took it away; namely, another's property, (K,) and anything. (TA.) 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 .)