יַנְקָא I, (preced.) suckling, child. Targ. Cant. VIII, 1; a. fr.—Num. R. s. 4, end (ref. to Ps. CXXXI, 2) כְּהָן י׳ וכ׳ like the infant leaving the mother’s womb &c.; Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ bot.—Pl. יַנְקַיָּא, יוֹנְ׳. Targ. Ps. VIII, 3 יַנְ׳ Ms. (ed. יוֹנְ׳); a. e.—Targ. Is. III, 4 (some ed. יַנְקָנַיָּא) childish men.