على وشك

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

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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

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

• كَادَ‎ (kāda)

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