drwy

Welsh

Alternative forms

• trwy

Etymology

See trwy.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /druːɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /drʊi̯/

Preposition

drwy (triggers soft mutation)

1. through
2. by, by means of (with a verbal noun)
   • King, Gareth (1993) Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 131:

     Ddaethon nhw i mewn i’r tŷ drwy dorri un o ffenestri’r gegin.

     They got into the house by breaking one of the kitchen windows.

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)

	Singular	Plural
First person	drwof	drwom
Second person	drwot	drwoch
Third person	drwyddo m drwyddi f	drwyddynt

Personal forms (colloquial)

	Singular	Plural
First person	drwyddo i/fi, drwydda i	drwyddon ni
Second person	drwyddot ti, drwyddat ti	drwyddoch chi
Third person	drwyddo fe/fo m drwyddi hi f	drwyddyn nhw