Noun
sugya (plural sugyot or sugyoth)
(Judaism) A passage from the Gemara discussing a specific issue in the Mishna.
In a given sugya main, scriptural, Tannaic and Amoraic statements are cited to support the various opinions. Source: Internet
A sugya may, and often does, range widely off the subject of the mishnah. Source: Internet
In the Talmud, a sugya is presented as a series of responsive hypotheses and questions – with the Talmudic text as a record of each step in the process of reasoning and derivation. Source: Internet