singulative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A singulative form or construction.
    — The singulative of "cattle" is "a head of cattle".
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun. not-comparable
    — English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.

词形变化

singulatives plural

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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