How to say "lung" in Arabic
CognateMeaninglung
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رِئَة
riʾaראה
رئة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ריאה
re'aرِئَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ء-يHebrew root
ר-א-הRiʾa and Hebrew ריאה are practically the same word, and classical Arabic lexicographers already traced رِئَة to ر-أ-ي 'to see' — the root behind رَأَى raʾā. Hebrew רֵאָה looks just as tied to ראה, 'to see'. One old explanation for the name: the lungs are the first organ visibly moving when a chest is opened.
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In a phrase
الرِّئَتَان تَحْتَاجَان هَوَاء نَقِيّ
ar-riʾatān taḥtājān hawāʾ naqīא-ראתאן תחתאג'אן הואא נקיThe lungs need clean air.
Plural
رِئَات
riʾātראאתsound feminine plural -āt