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