singulative
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
Usage- not-comparable
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English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.
Noun
A singulative form or construction.
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The singulative of "cattle" is "a head of cattle".
The singulative of "scissors" is "a pair of scissors".
Word forms
singulatives