פֵּירוּקָא, (פְּרַק) solution of a problem, reply, argument, opp. קושיא. B. Kam. 117ᵃ האי קושיא … האי פ׳ והאי פ׳ such and such a problem and such and such a solution. Ab. Zar. 30ᵃ פ׳ לסכנתא (Rashi פֵּירוּקֵי pl.) you offer argument where danger to life is concerned? a. e.—Pl. פֵּירוּקֵי, פּר׳. B. Mets. 84ᵃ ומפריקנא ליה … פ׳ and I gave him twenty-four answers. Hor. 13ᵇ כתבי פ׳ ושדי they wrote down answers and cast them (into the schoolhouse); a. e.