menginsafkan
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of insaf + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məŋinˈsafkan/ [mə.ŋinˈsaf.kan]
- Hyphenation: meng‧in‧saf‧kan
Verb
menginsafkan (Jawi spelling مڠينصافکن, bare form insafkan, third-person passive diinsafkan)
- to make (someone) aware of (something)
- Synonym: menyedarkan
- Peristiwa itu menginsafkan Adam tentang salahnya sebutan Arabnya.
- That incident made Adam aware of just how wrong his Arabic pronunciation is.
Adjective
menginsafkan (Jawi spelling مڠينصافکن, comparative lebih menginsafkan, superlative paling menginsafkan)
- causing (someone) to be repentant
Further reading
- "menginsafkan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017