musnah

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusnah/ [ˈmus.nah]
• Hyphenation: mus‧nah

Verb

musnah (Jawi spelling موسنه, transitive)

1. to destroy

   Synonym: rosak

   Antonym: bina

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memusnahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dimusnahkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• kemusnahan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pemusnah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemusnahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

Further reading

• “musnah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.