thro

See also: thro' and -þro

English

Etymology 1

Preposition

thro

  1. (archaic) through
    • 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI
      He the Red Sea rebuk'd also,
      That it updrying fled:
      As thro a desert dry to go,
      Them thro the deeps He led.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

  1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
  2. (obsolete) Bold.

Anagrams

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

thro (+ dative) (Harris, Uist, Barra)

  1. alternative form of tro (“through”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θroː/

Noun

thro

  1. aspirate mutation of tro

Verb

thro

  1. aspirate mutation of tro

Mutation

Mutated forms of tro
radical soft nasal aspirate
tro dro nhro thro

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

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