(ض) شَاعَ يَشِيْعُ شُيُوْعًاshāʿa yashīʿu shuyūʿan: (of a report, belief or opinion) to spread and gain force: (1) to spread (2) to gain strength. ﴿اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يُحِبُّوْنَ اَنْ تَشِيْعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:19)
شِيْعَةٌshīʿah pl. شِيَعٌ وَاَشْيَاعٌshiyaʿ wa-ashyāʿ (generic noun, ism jins): the people attached to a belief or a person, from whom it gains strength: (1) followers (2) group, sect. ﴿وَاِنَّ مِنْ شِيْعَتِهِۦ لَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:83); ﴿وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَآ اَشْيَاعَكُمْ﴾ (Al-Qamar 54:51)
شِيَعٌshiyaʿ: separate groups. ﴿اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ فَرَّقُوْا دِيْنَهُمْ وَكَانُوْا شِيَعًا﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:159)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَشَاعَ يُشِيْعُ اِشَاعَةًashāʿa yushīʿu ishāʿatan: to spread news; to make public (this verb is not used in the Quran).