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Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Awestruct, Guard Classes: OpenStruct, String

Constant Summary

DEFAULT_INFLECTIONS_PROC =

proc do
  plural(/$/, 's')
  plural(/s$/i, 's')
  plural(/(alias|(?:stat|octop|vir|b)us)$/i, '\1es')
  plural(/(buffal|tomat)o$/i, '\1oes')
  plural(/([ti])um$/i, '\1a')
  plural(/sis$/i, 'ses')
  plural(/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i, '\1\2ves')
  plural(/(hive)$/i, '\1s')
  plural(/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i, '\1ies')
  plural(/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i, '\1es')
  plural(/(matr|vert|ind)ix|ex$/i, '\1ices')
  plural(/([m|l])ouse$/i, '\1ice')
      
  singular(/s$/i, '')
  singular(/([ti])a$/i, '\1um')
  singular(/(analy|ba|cri|diagno|parenthe|progno|synop|the)ses$/i, '\1sis')
  singular(/([^f])ves$/i, '\1fe')
  singular(/([h|t]ive)s$/i, '\1')
  singular(/([lr])ves$/i, '\1f')
  singular(/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i, '\1y')
  singular(/(m)ovies$/i, '\1ovie')
  singular(/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i, '\1')
  singular(/([m|l])ice$/i, '\1ouse')
  singular(/buses$/i, 'bus')
  singular(/oes$/i, 'o')
  singular(/shoes$/i, 'shoe')
  singular(/(alias|(?:stat|octop|vir|b)us)es$/i, '\1')
  singular(/(vert|ind)ices$/i, '\1ex')
  singular(/matrices$/i, 'matrix')
      
  irregular('person', 'people')
  irregular('man', 'men')
  irregular('child', 'children')
  irregular('sex', 'sexes')
  irregular('move', 'moves')
  irregular('quiz', 'quizzes')
  irregular('testis', 'testes')
      
  uncountable(%w(equipment information rice money species series fish sheep news))
end