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ançıp
Meaning:
thus, thereupon; however, but
ançıp is an independently used conjunction, traditionally explained as a contraction of ança erip “being thus”. An alternative analysis derives it directly from ança “thus” plus the converbal suffix -(ı)p, an unusual extension of a verbal ending to an adverb. The contraction remains disputed.
The runiform form ançıp should be distinguished from ınçıp / inçip in Old Uyghur texts, whose demonstrative base has a different initial vowel.
Examples
Translations
German:
so, daraufhin; jedoch, aber
Russian:
таким образом, вслед за этим; однако, но
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
beləliklə, bunun ardınca; lakin, amma
Turkish (Türkiye):
böylece, bunun üzerine; ancak, fakat
Bibliography 3
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Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp. 306b, s.v. ¹inčipp. 306b, s.v. ¹inčip
¹inčip dennoch, denn, dann, nämlich (auch Äquivalent von Skt. hi), so, andererseits, aber, jedoch (auch Äquivalent von Skt. khalu), sondern (mit vorangehendem negierten Verb) || buna rağmen, böylece, sonra, yani (Skt. hi’nin de eş değeri), böyle, demek ki, diğer taraftan, fakat, ama, fakat, lakin, bununla birlikte (Skt. khalu’nun da eş değeri), bilakis (önde kullanılan olumsuz fiile); eben, freilich (Äquivalent von Skt. bata), genau || elbette, tabii (Skt. bata’nın eş değeri); also, demnach || o hâlde, bu nedenle; und || hem; Topikalisierungsmarker || odaklama belirticisi inčip birök wenn nun || eğer ... -se inčip munta hierbei nun || bununla şu anda inčip yana → inčip yänä inčip yänä dennoch, ferner auch || buna rağmen, bundan başka da inčip ymä dennoch, jedoch || buna rağmen, bununla birlikte inčip ...-(y)U birlä ök als ... nun || ...-iken ... fakat şimdi -
Marcel Erdal (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkicp. 338, §3.33 Conjunctionsp. 327, §3.3 Adjunctsp. 201 and n. 353p. 338, §3.33 Conjunctions
The source of runiform ančïp542 and Uygur ïnčïp and the documentation for ančïp are discussed in section 3.132. The examples for ančïp all show it at the beginning of sentences but not of paragraphs, preceded by -dI or -mIš in the historical narrative of the inscriptions but by a nominal sentence in the epilogue of the IrqB. ančïp always signifies ‘having done that; thereupon’. p. 327, §3.3 Adjunctsančïp / ïnčïp and ančagïnča are formed in hybrid manner from the demonstratives an+ča and ïn+ča, similar to Turkmen šeydip ‘having done that, thereupon’. No verbal stem as intermediate base has to be assumed to have existed to explain these: anča and ïnča are adjuncts as it is, and these are made a bit more specific by expansion with -(X)p and -gInčA respectively; in principle this is not very different from the hybrid forms mentioned in the previous paragraphs. The forms are discussed in section 3.132 because of their stems; see also section 3.33 for ančïp and ïnčïp. p. 201 and n. 353The demonstrative conjunction ančïp ‘doing that, thereupon’ appears to have come about through the addition of the converb suffix -(X)p to an+č(a).353 It has turned up only in runiform sources, in the inscriptions of the Uygur steppe empire (ŠU E7 & 8, W1 & 4 and Tes 8 & 14) and in the epilogue to the IrqB. ančïp disappeared at an early stage; Uygur (disregarding the IrqB) no longer has it. Uygur ïnčïp (presented further on in this section) would similarly have come from ïnča with the same converb suffix. The uses and meanings of both words are discussed in section 3.33. 353 The EDPT assumes a contraction from anča är-ip as the source of this form. Such far-reaching contractions are not otherwise known from the Old (or Proto-) Turkic stage. Phonic regularity can, admittedly, not be expected when a conjunction (which tends to be a relatively short element) is to be derived from a pronoun; but neither can word-class regularity: An unusual necessity as the creation of a demonstrative conjunction can also have stretched morphology to an unusual feat. -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishpp. 173b–174a, s.v. ançıp/ınçıppp. 173b–174a, s.v. ançıp/ınçıp
C? ançıp/ınçıp prob. a crasis of ança erip. Occurs always in isolation at the beginning of a sentence, normally meaning ‘this being so’, or ‘so much for that’, less often almost ‘on the other hand, but’ or used without any particular content to mark the beginning of a new para. N.o.a.b. Türkü viii ff. IrkB, Postscript (alku:): Man. (you will make me a Manichaean) ınçıp ‘on the other hand’ (my mind is not yet stable) TT II 8, 40; (I have been a great enemy and sinned against him) ınçıp ‘but’ (I will submit(?) to God and the doctrine) M III 13, 7 (iv); a.o. do. M III 21, 1 (i) (ağı:): Uyğ. viii (after describing the events of one year) ançıp bars yılka: ‘So much for that, now in the Leopard Year’ Şu. E 7; ançıp ol yıl küzün ‘So much for that, in the autumn of that year’ do. 8; o.o. do. W 1, 4: viii ff. Man.-A ançulayu kaltı ... ınçıp ‘just as ... so also’ M I 16, 13-15: Chr. (Herod gave his orders to the Magi) ınçıp ‘that being so’ (they set out) U I 6, 4; (the flame shot up) ınçıp ‘that being so’ (the Magi did obeisance) do. 8, 14: Bud. ınçıp is common in TT VIII, and is the standard translation of Sanskrit tu ‘but’ and hi a particle of vague meaning emphasizing the previous word; as these are enclitics ınçıp exceptionally occurs otherwise than as the first word of the sentence; (if one wishes to be cured of a disease) ınçıp ‘then’ (one must burn incense) TT VII 40, 19; ınçıp merely starts a new para. PP 15, 1; 24, 4: Civ. ınçıp ‘but’(?) TT I 79.
