The So-Called Prothetic i- and the sḏm-f Paradigms II: The “Nominal” sḏm-f and a Reappraisal
2020 ◽
Vol 28
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pp. 259-267
Keyword(s):
This article discusses, first, the role of the i-prefix in the so-called “nominal” sḏm-f paradigm in earliest Old Egyptian textual data. It is argued that this represented a means of facilitating the creation of a distinctive syllabic structure with 2rad roots and of harmonising it with that of the 2red and 3inf classes. Second, the study contains a partial revision of some of the key issues treated in an earlier article by the present author on the role of the similarly written prefix in the subjunctive and “circumstantial” sḏm-f paradigms.