singulative.
Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.
Where this word comes from
From French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“single", "separate”), from Proto-Italic *sem-g-lo-, a diminutive form derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”).
A singulative form or construction.
The singulative of "cattle" is "a head of cattle".
The singulative of "scissors" is "a pair of scissors".
Where this word comes from
From French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“single", "separate”), from Proto-Italic *sem-g-lo-, a diminutive form derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”).
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