ніяк
/[nʲiˈjak]/
Ukrainianadvparticle
Definitions
- 1.not at all, no kind of (used in conjunction with не or ні followed by a noun)
- 2.in no way, not in a way, nowise
- 3.it appears, it seems, it looks like
- 4.not at all
Synonyms & related words
Related words (3)
- анія́к
- нія́кий
- ні́який
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nijako (“in no way”). by surface analysis, univerbation of ні (ni) + як (jak). Compare Russian ника́к (nikák), Belarusian нія́к (niják), Polish nijak. Parsable as ні- (ni-) + як (jak).
Forms
- нія́кcanonical
- nijákromanization