dros

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See also: DROs, Drós, drös, and Droś

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Related to Welsh tra.

Pronunciation

Preposition

dros (triggers soft mutation)

  1. over
    Cer dros y bont ac i'r chwith.
    Go over the bridge and to the left.
  2. for (on behalf of, for the cause of)
    yr Aelod Seneddol dros Fynwy ― the Member of Parliament for Monmouth
    Ymgyrch dros Ddiarfogi Niwclear ― Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)
Singular Plural
First person drosof drosom
Second person drosot drosoch
Third person drosto m
drosti f 		drostynt
Personal forms (colloquial)
Singular Plural
First person drosto i/fi, drosta i droston ni
Second person drostot ti, drostat ti drostoch chi
Third person drosto fe/fo m
drosti hi f 		drostyn nhw

Related terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tros dros nhros thros
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tros”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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