dros

See also: DROs, Drós, drös, and Droś

Welsh

Alternative forms

• drost
• tros

Etymology

Soft mutation of tros, unstressed form of traws. 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

• dros dro
• dros nos

Related terms

• tra
• traws
• tros-

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.