singulative

n. [语]单数成分(指构成单数的词素), 单数形式

词形变化

singulatives 复数 singulatives

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A singulative form or construction.

    语言学

    The singulative of "cattle" is "a head of cattle".

    The singulative of "scissors" is "a pair of scissors".

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.

    语言学

    English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.

词源

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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