awshaka

be on the verge of, be about to, almost

أَوْشَكَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

و ش ك

Forms

Present: يُوشِكُ

In the library

فلو تسأل الناس التراب لأوشكوا .

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Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	أَوْشَكَ	يُوشِكُ	—
she هِيَ	أَوْشَكَت	تُوشِكُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	أَوْشَكا	يُوشِكانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	أَوْشَكَتا	تُوشِكانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	أَوْشَكُوا	يُوشِكُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	أَوْشَكْنَ	يُوشِكْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	أَوْشَكْتَ	تُوشِكُ	وشِكْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	أَوْشَكْتِ	تُوشِكِينَ	وشِكِي
you two أَنْتُما	أَوْشَكْتُما	تُوشِكانِ	وشِكَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	أَوْشَكْتُم	تُوشِكُونَ	وشِكُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	أَوْشَكْتُنَّ	تُوشِكْنَ	وشِكْنَ
I أَنا	أَوْشَكْتُ	أُوشِكُ	—
we نَحْنُ	أَوْشَكْنا	نُوشِكُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ Form III It will soon be

It will soon be: (S, Msb, K, TA:) or it is near to being. (Msb, TA.)
وَشْكَانٌ Open entry

an anomalous inf. n., or perhaps a simple subst.: see 1 in art. شنأ.
وَشِيكًا Quickly, or speedily

Quickly, or speedily. (IB, TA.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce تَارَةٌ.

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