NEGATIVE AORIST FORMS FROM AMARNA

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer of Ancient Egyptian Language, Faculty of arts, Sohag Univ., Sohag, Egypt

Abstract

When the Egyptian language was transformed from Middle Egyptian to Late Egyptian, new
morphemes appeared, such as the new negative particles bw and bn. The appearance
of these new morphemes led to the emergence of new negative forms. The Amarna period
saw the change of the negative particle n with the new one bw. Before the Amarna period,
there are no negative aorist forms with the new negative particle bw. There are only the two
classical aorist forms n sDm.n.f and n rx.f. The Amarna period presented the new negative
aorist forms bw sDm.n.f and bw rx.f.

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