على وشك

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Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.laː waʃ.ki/, /ʕa.laː waʃk/
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Preposition

عَلَى وَشْكِ • (ʕalā waški)

  1. almost, nearly
    عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ يَسْقُطَ
    ʕalā waški ʔan yasquṭa
    He almost fell
  2. about to, almost
    كَانَ عَلَى وَشْكِ الوُصُولِ إِلَى البَيْتِ
    kāna ʕalā waški al-wuṣūli ʔilā l-bayti
    He almost arrived at home

Usage notes

Either followed by أَنْ (ʔan) + subjunctive or a verbal noun (maṣdar) as the second term of ʾiḍāfa.

Synonyms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “وشك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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