Cornish word

dres

over

preposition

dres means “over” in Cornish and is used as a preposition.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	dres
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	dhres
Treylyans kales / peswora studh	tres
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	tres

Yth esen vy yn klavji dres seythen.

I was in hospital for a week.

Communication

a-barth

for the sake of

a-berth

within

a-der

without

a-dhann

from under

a-dhia

from

a-dhywar

down from

a-dhyworth

from

a-nans

below

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