arew

English

Etymology

See arow, row.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹəʊ/

Adverb

arew (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of arow (“in a row”).
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:

     all her teeth arew

   • [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     Twelve lodgings of like stone, like height, were likewise built arew.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “arew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Rawe, ware, Wear, -wear, Ware, -ware, wear, Awre

Kabyle

Root
r-w
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arəw/

Verb

arew (verbal noun arraw or turwin or marwa)

1. to give birth, to bear (human children or fruit)

   Turew-d taqcict. ― She gave birth to a girl.

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Middle English

Noun

arew

1. alternative form of arwe