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شائِع
common /ˈʃaː.ʔiʕ/
adjectiveB1#2228 most common
Also: widespread, prevalent, current
Example sentences
هذا مرض شائِع.
This is a common disease.
اسم "محمد" شائِع جداً في مصر.
The name Muhammad is very common in Egypt.
من الشائِع أن يتأخر القطار في الصباح.
It is common for the train to be late in the morning.
أصبح استخدام الهواتف الذكية شائِعاً بين كبار السن.
The use of smartphones has become common among older people.
تنتشر على الإنترنت معلومات شائِعة لكنها خاطئة عن التغذية.
Common but false information about nutrition spreads on the internet.
رغم أن هذا الاعتقاد شائِع بين العامة، إلا أن الأدلة العلمية تدحضه.
Although this belief is common among the general public, scientific evidence refutes it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شائِعٌ | شائِعونَ |
| Genitive | شائِعٍ | شائِعينَ |
| Accusative | شائِعاً | شائِعينَ |
| Vocative | يا شائِعُ | يا شائِعونَ |
Word family
شاعَto spread, circulate
شُيوعcommonness, prevalence
إشاعةrumor
مَشاعcommon or shared property
شُيوعيةcommunism
Etymology
شائِع is the active participle of the verb شاعَ, meaning to spread or circulate. The word comes from the triliteral Arabic root ش-ي-ع, which carries the sense of something becoming widely known or diffused among people. From the same root come words for rumor and for common shared property.
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