קָשֵׁי, c. = h. קָשֶׁה, hard, strong, heavy, difficult. Targ. Ex. VI, 9. Targ. Y. ib. 12. Targ. Gen. XLIX, 7. Targ. Is. XIX, 4. Targ. Ps. LX, 5; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Num. VIII, 4 מינא ק׳ something hard to understand (v. Num. R. s. 15, quot. s. v. קָשָׁה Nithpa.).—Yoma 28ᵇ ק׳ משימשא is harder to bear &c., v. זוֹהֲמָא. Ib. 29ᵃ ק׳ ,מקייטא v. קַיְטָא. B. Mets. 85ᵃ ק׳ יומא דמיטרא וכ׳ a rainy day (preventing people from pursuing their vocations) is as hard as the day of judgment; Taan. 8ᵇ קשה (Rashi קשי); a. v. fr.—Pl. קָשִׁין, קָשַׁיָּיא, קָשָׁן; קַשְׁיָין, קַשְׁיָיתָא. Targ. I Sam. XX, 10. Targ. II Sam. III, 39. Targ. II Esth. IV, 1; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ. Koh. R. to III, 2 מן קל מיליא קַשְׁיָיאתָא וכ׳ on account of the hard things that I hear &c.; a. e.