| 110 Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
 обік
 обіруч
 обіч
 од: see від
 окруч (окручи)
 опріч
 (перше, rare, coll.
 після
 побіля
 поблизу
 поверх
 повз
 повздовж
 подовж
 позад
 позаду
 поздовж
 попереду
 поперек
 поруч
 поряд
 посеред
 проти (против dial.)
 ради
 серед
 спереду
 супроти (супротив, dial.)
 у: see в
 удовж: see вдовж
 уздовж: see вздовж
 уподовж: see взподовж
 упоперек: see впоперек
 упродовж: see впродовж
 усередині: see всередині
 This list clearly contains many synonymous (or nearly so) prepositions;
 compare, for example, the set 'along', which can be expressed by вздовж, вдовж,
 вподовж, впродовж, подовж, повздовж, поздовж. The key element in all of
 these particular prepositions is the root -довж- (< довг-) 'long'. Another
 large group of this kind expresses 'near', but not all of these forms are based
 on the same root. Some items may be considered by individual sources to be
 adverbs only (and then will be used with an unambiguous preposition, as in
 неподалік від 'not far from'); all forms listed here may, however, occur as bona
 fide prepositions and are included for the sake of completeness. Examples:
 side by side, near
 on all sides, from all sides (rare)
 beside, by
 around
 except, besides
 before (in time))
 after
 nearby, close by (to)
 near, close to
 over, on, above
 past
 along
 along
 behind, after
 behind, at a certain distance behind
 along
 before (temporally and spatially)
 across, through the centre of
 next to, alongside
 near, close to, along with
 in the middle of, amongst, among
 against, opposite
 for the sake of, on account of
 in the middle of, amongst, among
 in front of, before
 against, opposite, in the face of
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