מסתּמא

Yiddish

Etymology

From Aramaic מִסְּתָמָא‎ (missəṯāmā, “of a general nature”), from מִן‎ (min, “from”) +‎ סְתָמָא‎ (səṯāmā, “undefined matter”).

Adverb

מסתּמא • (mistame, mistome)

probably, likely

Synonyms

מן־הסתּם‎ (minestam, minastam)
משמעות‎ (mashmoes)

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "probably" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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