@article {Bar-Asher2011, title = {The epistolary terms k\&$\#$39;t, k\&$\#$39;nt in official Aramaic, the feminine endings in Aramaic dialects and other dialectal features in the history of Aramaic}, journal = {Ancient Near Eastern Studies}, volume = {48}, year = {2011}, pages = {199-231}, abstract = {This paper concentrates on the etymology of the epistolary terms\ k{\textquoteleft}t, k{\textquoteleft}nt\ in Official Aramaic and proposes that they are related to the root\ k-{\textquoteleft}-n, used both in official correspondence from Middle Assyrian and in the Amarna letters. In this discussion various dialectal features in the history of Aramaic are discussed, among them: rule ordering with regards to the assimilation of the consonant\ {\textendash}n, and the insertion of an anaptyxis between clusters of two final consonants; the existence of two allomorphs in Aramaic for the feminine ending,\ -at\ and\ {\textendash}t; and a consideration of the existence of some connection between the dialect of the Sefire inscription and the dialect of the Hermopolis letters.}, url = {https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article\&id=2119592\&journal_code=ANES}, author = {Bar-Asher Siegal, E.A.} }