# いや
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 嫌 厭 (uncommon) 厭や (uncommon)
Possibly onomatopoeia as a general expression of disgust. Compare similar terms in many different languages, such as English yuck, Finnish yök, Arabic يَع (yaʕ), Turkish ıyak, Thai ยี้ (yíi).

#### Alternative forms

* (informal) や (ya), やー (yā)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いや [ìyáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ija̠]

#### Adjective

いや • (iya) -na (adnominal いやな (iya na), adverbial いやに (iya ni))
* disagreeable, unpleasant, disgusting, offensive, abhorrent
    嫌(いや)な顔(かお)をする
       iya na kao o suru
       to make weird faces
    嫌(いや)な女(おんな)
       iya na onna
       unpleasant woman → bitch
    嫌(いや)なことを言(い)う
       iya na koto o iu
       to say awful things
    ぞっとするほど嫌(いや)な目(め)に合(あ)った。
       Zotto suru hodo iya na me ni atta.
       They met with a shockingly abhorrent experience.

##### Usage notes

いや (iya) sounds more masculine than やだ (yada), which has the same meaning but is more feminine.

##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | いやだろ | iya daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | いやで | iya de |
| Terminal (終止形) | いやだ | iya da |
| Attributive (連体形) | いやな | iya na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | いやなら | iya nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | いやであれ | iya de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | いやではない いやじゃない | iya de wa nai iya ja nai |
| Informal past | いやだった | iya datta |
| Informal negative past | いやではなかった いやじゃなかった | iya de wa nakatta iya ja nakatta |
| Formal | いやです | iya desu |
| Formal negative | いやではありません いやじゃありません | iya de wa arimasen iya ja arimasen |
| Formal past | いやでした | iya deshita |
| Formal negative past | いやではありませんでした いやじゃありませんでした | iya de wa arimasen deshita iya ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | いやで | iya de |
| Conditional | いやなら（ば） | iya nara (ba) |
| Provisional | いやだったら | iya dattara |
| Volitional | いやだろう | iya darō |
| Adverbial | いやに | iya ni |
| Degree | いやさ | iyasa |

##### Derived terms

* いやいや (iyaiya)
* 嫌(いや)がる (iyagaru): to dislike something; to be reluctant to do something
* 嫌(いや)がらせ (iyagarase): harassment, nuisance
* 嫌(いや)む (iyamu): to dislike something, to hate something
* 嫌(いや)み (iyami): sarcasm; something sarcastic or snide; disagreeability
* 嫌(いや)らしい (iyarashii): disagreeable, unpleasant, disgusting (less strong than plain 嫌 (iya)); vulgar, indecent, lascivious

#### Interjection

いや • (iya)
* yuck, ew

##### See also

* やだ (yada), やーだ (yāda)
* いやん (iyan), いやーん (iyān)

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 否

#### Alternative forms

* (repeated) いやいや (iya iya), いやいやいや (iya iya iya)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いや [íꜜyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ija̠]

#### Interjection

いや • (iya)
* no, incorrect
    いや、違(ちが)うだろ。
       Iya, chigau daro.
       No, that's definitely not it.

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* いやあ (iyā), いやぁ (iyā), いやー (iyā)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いや [íꜜyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ija̠]

#### Interjection

いや • (iya)
* Exclamation of surprise in contrast to expectations.
    いやぁ、驚(おどろ)いたな。
       Iyā, odoroita na.
       What a surprise.
* Exclamation used when one finds it difficult to onboard.
    いやぁ、そう言(い)われてもなぁ。
       Iyā, sō iwaretemo nā.
       I mean, even if you say so [tell me to, etc.], it's just… [somewhat difficult].

### Etymology 4

* Alternative spelling
* 礼
/wiya/ → /iya/.
From Old Japanese. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ija̠]

#### Noun

いや • (iya)
* the act of respecting one; reverence

##### See also

* 礼をする

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN