على وشك
Arabic
editPronunciation
editPreposition
edit- almost, nearly
- عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ يَسْقُطَ
- ʕalā waški ʔan yasquṭa
- He almost fell
- about to, almost
- كَانَ عَلَى وَشْكِ الوُصُولِ إِلَى البَيْتِ
- kāna ʕalā waški al-wuṣūli ʔilā l-bayti
- He almost arrived at home
Usage notes
editEither followed by أَنْ (ʔan) + subjunctive or a verbal noun (maṣdar) as the second term of ʾiḍāfa.
Synonyms
edit- كَادَ (kāda)
References
edit- Wehr, Hans (1979) “وشك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN