singulative
The English word “singulative” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
noun
- A singulative form or construction.
Etymology
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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