בעיה

From Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בעיא (“dilemma, something that needs to be worked out”), from the root ב־ע־י (“to request, to need”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, formal) IPA^(key): /be.aˈja/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ba.aˈja/

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בְּעָיָה • (be'ayá) f (plural indefinite בְּעָיוֹת, singular construct בְּעָיַת־, plural construct בְּעָיוֹת־) [pattern: קְטָלָה]

1. problem

• בעייתי / בְּעָיָתִי

• “בעיה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language