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*timpum 'around': umăm, umăt, em, empi, umìn, umîv, umpu
*timpum 'around': umăm, umăt, em, empi, umìn, umîv, umpu
*fă 'under, among': fum, fut, fi, fithi, fun, fuv, fithu
*fă 'under, among': fum, fut, fi, fithi, fun, fuv, fithu
*îzăr 'between': îzrum, îzrăt, îzîř, îzîrthi, edrîn, edrîv, îzîrthu
** the syntax is often ''îzăr X îs îzăr Y'', influenced by Hebrew
====Combinations====
====Combinations====
''î(n)'' 'in' and ''ŗî(n)'' 'with' before a definite article becomes ''înș, ŗînș'' (from rebracketing of Proto-Celtic *in sind-):
''î(n)'' 'in' and ''ŗî(n)'' 'with' before a definite article becomes ''înș, ŗînș'' (from rebracketing of Proto-Celtic *in sind-):
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====Syntax====
====Syntax====
Prepositions stick to every noun in a noun phrase: תּאָם ניי ףאָל נאַהּ ףר'עקארצאן אָה מא־מֿאָר' איס אָה מא־בּראָהאר' ''Tom ney fol năh fŗegărțăn oh mă-mhoŗ îs oh mă-bhrohăŗ'' 'I got the answers from my mother and brother'
Prepositions stick to every noun in a noun phrase: תּאָם ניי ףאָל נאַהּ ףר'עקארצאן אָה מא־מֿאָר' איס אָה מא־בּראָהאר' ''Tom ney fol năh fŗegărțăn oh mă-mhoŗ îs oh mă-bhrohăŗ'' 'I got the answers from my mother and brother'
=== Pseudo-prepositions ===
=== Pseudo-prepositions ===
Pseudo-prepositions don't take pronominal suffixes, unlike true prepositions.
Pseudo-prepositions don't take pronominal suffixes, unlike true prepositions.