How to say "heir" in Arabic
CognateMeaningheir
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَارِث
wārithוארת'
وارث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יוֹרֵשׁ
yoreshيُورِش
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-שWārith and Hebrew yoresh (יורש) go back to the same Proto-Semitic root, w-r-th, 'to inherit' — showing off two completely regular sound shifts at once: initial w- becomes y- (compare walad/yeled, 'boy'), and th (ث) becomes sh (ש) (compare thalātha/shalosh, 'three'). A textbook double match.
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In a phrase
الْوَارِث الشَّرْعِي
al-wārith ash-sharʿīאל-וארת' א-שרעיthe legal heir
Plural
وَرَثَة
warathaורת'הbroken plural CaCaCah — like وارث→ورثة.
More words from this root
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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)