lwert الورث
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lwert” (الورث) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning inheritance, succession.
Meanings
- inheritance, succession
- inherited property
Usage
Lwert means inheritance, that is, the property a deceased person leaves, shared among the heirs. It is related to the verb wret, "to inherit". The most common expression is 9sem lwert, "to divide the inheritance". You also hear wret men bbah, "he inherited from his father". The word often comes up in family disputes over land or houses. The more legal term lmirat also exists, but lwert remains the everyday word. It is not used in the figurative sense of "cultural heritage", for which people tend to use Standard Arabic or French.
Example
قسمو الورث بيناتهم
9esmo lwert binathom
“They divided the inheritance among themselves.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lwert” but also “lwart”, “lwrt” and “wert”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.