Non-Active Participles in the Aramaic of Daniel

At first sight, Aramaic appears to have two forms to express the passive of the active participle. That is, not only do the active stems possess both an active and a passive participle, but the t-stems, which can express the passive voice, also possess a participle. This article proposes that, at the diachronic stage of the language attested in the Aramaic of Daniel, the socalled passive participle is primarily a verbal adjective that is developing into a resultative participle, whereas t- stem participles are the true passive (and reflexive) counterparts to the active participle.