קוּשְׁיָא, (preced.) difficulty, question, objection, argument. Snh. 75ᵇ, sq. מהאי ק׳ לא נידונה we cannot draw the analogy on account of this argument. B. Kam. 117ᵃ אמר להו האי ק׳ והאי ק׳ וכ׳ he told them of one difficulty and of another, and how they were solved. Men. 95ᵇ, a. fr. מאי ק׳ what argument is this?, i.e. this is no argument. Ib. מאי קַשְׁיָא (Ms. K. קוש׳). Ḥull. 3ᵇ כי קוּשְׁיֵיה in accordance with his argument; a. v. fr.—Y. Sabb. XIX, 17ᵇ; Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵈ top מן קוֹשַׁיי מקשי לה וכ׳ what was the difficulty that R. J. found (to induce him to say), provided that &c.?—Pl. קוּשְׁיָיתָא. Hor. 13ᵇ, v. פִּיתְקָא. Yoma 3ᵇ לאפוקי כולי קוּשְׁיָיתִין excluding all the cases which we argued. Yeb. 77ᵃ top, v. קְשֵׁי; a. fr.