פַּתְיָא I, inexperienced, child, lad. Ex. R. s. 3, v. preced.; Gen. R. s. 87, beg. (ref. to פתאים, Prov. VII, 7) אלו השבטים … למינוקא פ׳ (some ed. פַּתְיָה) p’thaim means the tribes (sons of Jacob) … in Arabia they call a child pathia; Yalk. ib. 145; Yalk. Prov. 940; Snh. 110ᵇ (ref. to פתאים, Ps. CXVI, 6).