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# From http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577781-pluralize-word-convert-singular-word-to-its-plural/ABERRANT_PLURAL_MAP = { 'appendix': 'appendices', 'barracks': 'barracks', 'cactus': 'cacti', 'child': 'children', 'criterion': 'criteria', 'deer': 'deer', 'echo': 'echoes', 'elf': 'elves', 'embargo': 'embargoes', 'focus': 'foci', 'fungus': 'fungi', 'goose': 'geese', 'hero': 'heroes', 'hoof': 'hooves', 'index': 'indices', 'knife': 'knives', 'leaf': 'leaves', 'life': 'lives', 'man': 'men', 'mouse': 'mice', 'nucleus': 'nuclei', 'person': 'people', 'phenomenon': 'phenomena', 'potato': 'potatoes', 'self': 'selves', 'syllabus': 'syllabi', 'tomato': 'tomatoes', 'torpedo': 'torpedoes', 'veto': 'vetoes', 'woman': 'women', }VOWELS = set('aeiou')def pluralize(singular): """Return plural form of given lowercase singular word (English only). Based on ActiveState recipe http://code.activestate.com/recipes/413172/ >>> pluralize('') '' >>> pluralize('goose') 'geese' >>> pluralize('dolly') 'dollies' >>> pluralize('genius') 'genii' >>> pluralize('jones') 'joneses' >>> pluralize('pass') 'passes' >>> pluralize('zero') 'zeros' >>> pluralize('casino') 'casinos' >>> pluralize('hero') 'heroes' >>> pluralize('church') 'churches' >>> pluralize('x') 'xs' >>> pluralize('car') 'cars' """ if not singular: return '' plural = ABERRANT_PLURAL_MAP.get(singular) if plural: return plural root = singular try: if singular[-1] == 'y' and singular[-2] not in VOWELS: root = singular[:-1] suffix = 'ies' elif singular[-1] == 's': if singular[-2] in VOWELS: if singular[-3:] == 'ius': root = singular[:-2] suffix = 'i' else: root = singular[:-1] suffix = 'ses' else: suffix = 'es' elif singular[-2:] in ('ch', 'sh'): suffix = 'es' else: suffix = 's' except IndexError: suffix = 's' plural = root + suffix return plural |
