Arabic root

و-ر-ث

3 words from this root family

B2noun

وِرَاثَة

wirātha

genetics / heredity

Example

تَلعَبُ الوِراثَةُ دَورًا في الإصابَةِ بِبَعضِ الأَمراض.

talʿabu l-wirāthatu dawran fī l-iṣābati bi-baʿḍi l-amrāḍ.

Genetics plays a role in some diseases.

Root: و-ر-ث Science Medicine

B2noun

تَرَاث

turāth

heritage / legacy

Example

يَجِبُ الحِفاظُ عَلى التُّراثِ الثَّقافِيّ.

yajibu l-ḥifāẓu ʿalā t-turāthi th-thaqāfiyy.

Cultural heritage must be preserved.

Root: و-ر-ث Literature Arts

B1verb

وَرِثَ

waritha

he inherited

Example

وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَاثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

wa-lillāhi mīrāthu as-samāwāti wal-arḍ

And to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth (3:180)

Root: و-ر-ث Quranic

Grammar

Form I verb. Nouns: مِيرَاثٌ (inheritance), وَارِثٌ (heir/inheritor — a divine name). Islamic inheritance law derives heavily from Quranic verses.

Culture

God is الوَارِث (the Inheritor) — all things ultimately return to Him. The detailed Quranic inheritance laws (4:11-12) are among the most specific legal rulings.