على وشك
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Arabic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[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
[edit]Either 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