How to say "to inherit" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto inherit
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَرِثَ
warithaורת'
ورث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ירש
yarashيَارَاش
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-שRoot و-ر-ث matches Hebrew י-ר-ש through the regular initial ו↔י shift (the same swap turns وَلَدَ into ילד, 'to give birth') plus the regular ث↔ש; waritha is exactly ירש. Arabic mīrāth (inheritance) and Hebrew מורשת (heritage) grow from the same root.
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In a phrase
وَرِثَ الْبَيْت مِنْ أَبِيه
waritha al-bayt min abīhורת' אל-בית מן אביהHe inherited the house from his father