How to say "inheritance" in Arabic
CognateMeaninginheritance
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِيرَاث
mīrāthמיראת'
ميراث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יְרֻשָּׁה
yerushaيِرُوشَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
و-ر-ثHebrew root
י-ר-שThe abstract noun from the same root as wārith (heir) — and a reflex-for-reflex match with Hebrew yerusha (ירושה), both from Proto-Semitic w-r-th, 'to inherit'.
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In a phrase
قَسَمُوا الْمِيرَاث
qasamū l-mīrāthקסמו אל-מיראת'They divided the inheritance.
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- family, one's own peopleahlأَهْلבְּנֵי מִשְׁפָּחָה
- clan, extended kin groupʿashīraعَشِيرَةחֲמוּלָה, שֵׁבֶט
- descendants, offspringdhurriyyaذُرِّيَّةצֶאֱצָאִים
- full brother/sister (same parents)shaqīqشَقِيقאָח/אָחוֹת (מאותם ההורים)
- lineage, genealogynasabنَسَبיִחוּס, שֹׁשֶׁלֶת יוּחֲסִין
- cousin (paternal uncle's son)ibn al-ʿammاِبْن العَمّבֶּן דּוֹד (מצד האב)