מסתּמא

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Adverb

מסתּמא • (mistame, mistome)

1. 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