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وَرِث
to inherit /waˈriθa/
verbB2#3705 most common
Also: to succeed to (a title, trait, or estate), to come into possession of (after someone's death)
Example sentences
وَرِثَ الابنُ المالَ.
The son inherited the money.
وَرِثَتْ سارة بيتَ جدّتها.
Sarah inherited her grandmother's house.
سَيَرِثُ الأبناءُ أرضَ والدهم بعد وفاته.
The sons will inherit their father's land after his death.
وَرِثْنا هذه العادات عن أجدادنا منذ قرون.
We inherited these customs from our ancestors centuries ago.
لم يَرِثِ الأخُ الأصغرُ شيئًا لأن الوصية استثنته.
The younger brother did not inherit anything because the will excluded him.
يَرِثُ الإنسانُ بعضَ سماته النفسية عن والديه بقدر ما يَرِثُ ملامحه الجسدية.
A person inherits some psychological traits from his parents just as he inherits his physical features.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرِثُ | وَرِثْتُ | سَأَرِثُ |
| 2sg | تَرِثُ | وَرِثْتَ | سَتَرِثُ |
| 3sg | يَرِثُ | وَرِثَ | سَيَرِثُ |
| 1pl | نَرِثُ | وَرِثْنَا | سَنَرِثُ |
| 2pl | تَرِثُونَ | وَرِثْتُمْ | سَتَرِثُونَ |
| 3pl | يَرِثُونَ | وَرِثُوا | سَيَرِثُونَ |
Word family
وارث (wārith)heir
ميراث (mīrāth)inheritance, estate, legacy
وراثة (wirātha)heredity, the act of inheriting
موروث (mawrūth)inherited
تراث (turāth)heritage, cultural legacy
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root و-ر-ث (w-r-th), meaning to take possession of something left behind by another. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor. The same root appears across the Semitic family with the same core sense of inheritance or succession.
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