وشك

See also: وشک

Arabic

Root
و ش ك (w-š-k)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /wa.ʃa.ka/

Verb

وَشُكَ • (wašuka) I, non-past يَوْشُكُ‎ (yawšuku)

  1. (intransitive) to be quick, hurry
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /waʃ.ʃa.ka/

Verb

وَشَّكَ • (waššaka) II, non-past يُوَشِّكُ‎ (yuwaššiku)

  1. (intransitive) to be quick, hurry
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /waʃk/, /wuʃk/

Noun

وَشْك or وُشْك • (wašk or wušk) m

  1. verbal noun of وَشَكَ (wašaka) (form I)
  2. speed, swiftness
  3. used in expressions
    عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ (of past actions; of intentions, future actions)ʕalā waški ʔanalmost; nearly
    • 2007, Louisa Alcott, نِسَاء صَغِيرَات (nisāʔ ṣaḡīrāt) [Little Women (translation into Arabic)], دَار الْبِحَار بَيْرُوت (dār al-biḥār bayrūt), page 10:
      إِنَّ أُمَّنَا عَلَى وَشْكِ الْعَوْدَة.
      ʔinna ʔummanā ʕalā waški l-ʕawda.
      Our mother is about to return.
Declension

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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