hebat

Malay

Pronunciation

(Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /hebat/

Adjective

hebat (Jawi spelling هيبت‎)

great; profound; intense
1966 [1371 AD], R.O. Winstedt, editor, Hikayat Bayan Budiman‎, Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, line 30, page 108:
Maka landak pun terkejutlah mendengar suara anjing itu terlalu hébat bunyinya.
So even the porcupine was taken aback hearing the cry of that dog, so great was its sound.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

hebat-hebat [reduplication] (redup)
sehebat [comparability] (se-)
sehebat-hebat [reduplication + comparability] (redup + se-)
kehebatan (“greatness”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
menghebatkan (“greaten”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
dihebatkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
memperhebat (“intensify”) [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)

Descendants

Indonesian: hebat

Further reading

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

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