dros

See also: DROs, Drós, drös, dröš, and Droś

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *drāsā. Compare Sanskrit द्राक्षा (drā́kṣā), Latin frāgum (“strawberry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾos/

Noun

dros (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)

1. grape

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

Mutated forms of tros

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tros	dros	nhros	thros

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.