washk
on the verge of, just about to
وَشْك
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلRoot
و ش كIn the library
الوشك: السرعة، والوشيك: السريع.
The Seven Hanging Odes, with Commentary, page 236 →From the same root
- وَشُكَhurry, be quick
- وَشَّكَhurry, be quick
- أَوْشَكَbe on the verge of, be about to, almost
- وَشِيكimminent, near
- وَشْكانspeed, swiftness
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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