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d_ c = d_ c --> dy c
dy conj. who,which (relative)
OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mand. written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y" and in our code transcribed as "ḏ".

  1 who, which (indeclinable relative) Com.
  2 the one(s) who (determinative) Com.
  3 that (complement to verbs) Com. --(a) how it is that Syr.
  4 so that Com.
  5 because Com.
  6 in compound conjunctions Com.
  7 before direct speech Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  8 with correlatives Com.

)lp noun sg. emphatic
ˀlp, ˀlpˀ (ˀelle(?)p̄, ˀellǝp̄ā) n.f./m. ship
With doubled /l/ and spirantized /p/ in the Syriac and JBA Yemenite traditions, though not explicitly so in JLAtg.
TgProv regular var. is ילפא as a sophomoric hypercorrection by a scribe who knew that initial yodh words in Jewish Aramaic often corresponded to aleph yodh in syriacizing texts; compare similar forms such as the var. ירסא for ארסא "venom" at TargPs 58:5 (for which see Levy Ch-W 1:345).

  1 ship Com.
  2 fig. . --(a) (zool.) portion of a bird Gal. --(b) in astron. imagery . (b.1) the Pleides Syr. (b.2) the crescent moon (?) [possibly rather the great ship = the Sun in Manichaean lore] Syr.