Alıp
noun A2- Title of nobles serving in military of Göktürk and Khazar qaghanates, Volga Bulgaria and some other states.
- An epic hero or a giant in Turkic folklore, usually noble. In some cases this term could be added to name of real person, such as Almış, Alp Ilutuer, Alp Arslan, Alpamysh. Alıp could be found in the names of some places; in Tatar and Chuvash folklore Alıp batır create hills, shaking out a ground from his bask shoe ("Alıp mountains").
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: alıpında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: alıpıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Dadaruh eline kaşağıyı alıp işe başladı mı, tıpkı...
Dev, gücünü göstermek için yerden bir taş alıp avucunda toz hâline getirmiş.
To show his strength, the giant picked up a stone from the ground and crushed it to dust in his palm.
Keloğlan altın çuvalını sırtına alıp köyüne dönmüş ve annesiyle mutlu bir hayat sürmüş.
Keloğlan put the sack of gold on his back, went back to his village and lived a happy life with his mother.
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