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 ﻿White Mountain; musil se obráliíi na útěk, he must betake him- self to flight. Cf. also the idiomatic expression, nd ráně, as První bylo na ráně Polsko, Poland was the first to suffer.

F. With the Accusative and Instrumental.

mezi, among, implying motion, takes the accusative: půjdu mezi sestry své, I shall go among my sisters.

mezi, among, implying rest, with the instrumental: usadili se mezi jinými Kelly, to establish themselves among the other Kelts.

nad(e), motion over, with the accusative : plamen ohni ílehal až nad náš dům, the flame of the fire came even to our house.

,nad, upon, with the instrumental (rest), as každý kmen mil nad sebou svého vojvodu, each family had its leader over it.

pode(e), motion under, with the accusative (cp. Lat. sub): padl sem pod stůl, I fell under the table.

pod(e), rest under (Lat. sub with the ablative), as drželi pod jařmem, they kept under the yoke.

přéd(e), motion before, with the accusative, as stoupl jsem si1 před matku, I came into the presence of my mother.

před(é), rest before, as před večerem, before the evening2.

G. With the Genitive, Accusative, and Locative.

u with the genitive signifies by, at, as u nich, among them.

u with the accusative, for v, motion into, as spadl sem u vodu, incidi in aquam.

u with the locative, for v (in with abl., Lat.), as byl sem u vodě = fui in aqua3.

1 Observe redundant si, spoken of on p. 49.

a Readers familiar with the Latin and Greek prepositions will easily understand these various uses.

a See previous reference on this point to the Serbian language (p. 59, note 2).