How to get simple category name

hello….i would like to get any category name on single.php ie on single post.

it can be done using <?php the_category(‘, ‘); ?> function but it contains a link over it.

as on archives page <?php single_cat_title(); ?>, this function works absolutely correct and give me the category title only and it doesn’t contains any hyperlink.

Is it possible on single.php page that i get only the category name nothing else….no hyperlink…