Prepositions

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Basic Prepositions

in, insidebi

بـ

belonging to; by; for/tola

لـ

frommin

من

aboutʿan

عن

to, into, toward; onʿala

على

atʿind

عند

like, aszay

زي

like, asmithl

مثل

withmaʿ

مع

withoutbalā

بلا

withoutbidūn

بدون

instead ofbadal

بدل

againstḍidd

ضدّ

Time Prepositions

before; (time) agoqabl

قبل

after; (time) inbaʿd

بعد

through; duringkhilāl

خلال

untillaḥadd

لحدّ

Spatial Prepositions

up, over, above, on topfōq

فوق

down, under, below, underneathtaḥt

تحت

beside, next tojanb

جنب

betweenbēn

بين

behindwara

ورا

in front ofquddām

قدام

facing, across fromqbāl

قبال

around, surroundingḥawāli

حوالي

insidejuwwa

جوّا

outsidebarra

برّا

Causal & Reference Prepositions

because, since; for (purpose)ʿashān

عشان

as for, regarding, with regard tobikhṣūṣ

بخصوص

as for, regarding, with regard tobin-nisba la

بالنسبة لـ

Special Prepositions

aska

كـ

according toḥasab

حسب