sugya
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈsʊɡjə/
See all 2 pronunciations Show less
/ˈsʊɡjə/ · /ˈsuːɡjə/
Definition of sugya
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
(Judaism)A passage from the Gemara discussing a specific issue in the Mishna.
“Rabbi Menaḥem Hameiri mentioned above quoted and explained the sugya from Yerushalmi Terumot and ruled: "And it seems that the ruling follows Rabbi Yoḥanan, for behold every time the two of them [Rabbi Yoḥanan and Resh Lakish] disagree, the halakhah follows him, how much more so in his Talmud".”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Aramaic סוגיא (“walking”), same semantic shift as in case with הלכה.
Words you can make from sugya
21 playable · top: YUGAS (9 pts)
Best play yugas 9 points4-letter words
5 words3-letter words
10 words2-letter words
5 wordsFind your best play with sugya
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes sugya, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.