Arabic

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Root
و ش ك (w š k)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَوْشَكَ (ʔawšaka) IV (non-past يُوشِكُ (yūšiku), verbal noun إِيشَاك (ʔīšāk))

  1. to be near to doing something [with non-past or أَن (ʔan, + subjunctive clause)]
    يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ دُكْتُورًا
    yūšiku ʔan yakūna duktūran
    He will soon be a doctor.

Conjugation

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References

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