dros

See also: DROs, Drós, drös, and Droś

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Soft mutation of tros, unstressed form of traws.[1] Cognate with Breton dreist (“extremely; above”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

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

Derived 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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