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In [[linguistics]], a '''singulative''' form is a form of a noun which expresses the idea of an individual example of the noun; for instance, "snowflake" may be considered a singulative from "snow". In some languages, singulatives can be productively formed from [[collective noun]]s; eg [[Algerian Arabic]] ''ḥjəṛ'' "stone" > ''''ḥəjṛa'' "(individual) stone", ''qməl'' "lice" > ''qəmla'' "(single) louse". |
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==See also== |
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*[[Grammatical number]] |
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