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=== Adjectives and adverbs === Umbrian adjectives are declined according to the first and second or third declensions. The majority of attested Umbrian adjectives align with the first and second declension paradigms, although the few attested third declension adjectives are typically i-stem forms (such as "{{Lang|xum|'''sakre'''}}," from "{{Lang|xum|*sakri-}}").{{Sfn|Buck|1904|pp=133-134}} Umbrian adverbs often derived their endings from the Proto-Italic ablatives {{Lang|itc|*-ēd}}, {{Lang|itc|*-ōd}}, {{Lang|xum|*-ād}}; thus, Umbrian "{{Lang|xum|'''prufe'''}}" ("{{Lang|la|probe}};" "well"), "{{Lang|xum|simo}}" (cognate with "{{Lang|la|cis}}", meaning "before," but the Umbrian term means "behind"), and {{Lang|xum|subra}} ("{{Lang|la|supra}};" "above").{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=136}} Other adverbs, particularly those concerning time, derived from the Proto-Italic neuter accusative ending {{Lang|itc|*-om}}: "{{Lang|xum|promom}}" ("{{Lang|la|primum}};" "first").{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=137}} Umbrian pronominal adverbs such as "{{Lang|xum|ponne}} ("{{Lang|la|quande}};" "when")," presumably from "{{Lang|itc|kʷom-de}}," also likely derived from Proto-Italic accusative neuter forms.{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=137}} The Proto-Indo-European comparative suffixes {{Lang|ine|*-tero-}} and {{Lang|ine|*-ero-}}, which appear in Ancient Greek and [[Sanskrit]], lost their comparative connotations and instead were used to form pronominal adjectives and adjectives associated with time or place: "{{Lang|xum|etru}}" ("another") and "{{Lang|xum|postra}}" ("after").{{Sfn|Buck|1904|pp=134-135}}
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