arew
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹəʊ/
Adverb
arew (not comparable)
- 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.
References
- “arew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Kabyle
| Root |
|---|
| r-w |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arəw/
Verb
arew (verbal noun arraw or turwin or marwa)
- 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
- alternative form of arwe