NounInflector.inflections do |inflect| inflect.plural(/$/, 's') inflect.plural(/s$/i, 's') inflect.plural(/(ax|test)is$/i, '\1es') inflect.plural(/(cact|octop|vir)us$/i, '\1i') inflect.plural(/(alias|status)$/i, '\1es') inflect.plural(/(bu)s$/i, '\1ses') inflect.plural(/(buffal|tomat)o$/i, '\1oes') inflect.plural(/([ti])um$/i, '\1a') inflect.plural(/sis$/i, 'ses') inflect.plural(/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i, '\1\2ves') inflect.plural(/(hive)$/i, '\1s') inflect.plural(/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i, '\1ies') inflect.plural(/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i, '\1es') inflect.plural(/(matr|vert|ind)(?:ix|ex)$/i, '\1ices') inflect.plural(/([m|l])ouse$/i, '\1ice') inflect.plural(/^(ox)$/i, '\1en') inflect.plural(/(quiz)$/i, '\1zes') inflect.singular(/s$/i, '') inflect.singular(/(n)ews$/i, '\1ews') inflect.singular(/([ti])a$/i, '\1um') inflect.singular(/((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$/i, '\1\2sis') inflect.singular(/(^analy)ses$/i, '\1sis') inflect.singular(/([^f])ves$/i, '\1fe') inflect.singular(/(hive)s$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/(tive)s$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/([lr])ves$/i, '\1f') inflect.singular(/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/i, '\1y') inflect.singular(/(s)eries$/i, '\1eries') inflect.singular(/(m)ovies$/i, '\1ovie') inflect.singular(/(x|ch|ss|sh)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/([m|l])ice$/i, '\1ouse') inflect.singular(/(bus)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/(o)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/(shoe)s$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/(cris|ax|test)es$/i, '\1is') inflect.singular(/(octop|vir)i$/i, '\1us') inflect.singular(/(alias|status)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/^(ox)en/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/(vert|ind)ices$/i, '\1ex') inflect.singular(/(matr)ices$/i, '\1ix') inflect.singular(/(quiz)zes$/i, '\1') inflect.irregular('person', 'people') inflect.irregular('man', 'men') inflect.irregular('child', 'children') inflect.irregular('sex', 'sexes') inflect.irregular('move', 'moves') inflect.irregular('cow', 'kine') # Additions from the English module inflect.irregular('cactus' , 'cacti') inflect.irregular('Swiss' , 'Swiss') inflect.irregular('life' , 'lives') inflect.irregular('wife' , 'wives') inflect.irregular('goose' , 'geese') inflect.irregular('criterion' , 'criteria') inflect.irregular('alias' , 'aliases') inflect.irregular('status' , 'statuses') inflect.irregular('axis' , 'axes') inflect.irregular('crisis' , 'crises') inflect.irregular('testis' , 'testes') inflect.irregular('potato' , 'potatoes') inflect.irregular('tomato' , 'tomatoes') inflect.irregular('buffalo' , 'buffaloes') inflect.irregular('torpedo' , 'torpedoes') inflect.irregular('index' , 'indices') inflect.irregular('mouse' , 'mice') inflect.irregular('louse' , 'lice') inflect.irregular('thesis' , 'theses') inflect.irregular('thief' , 'thieves') inflect.irregular('analysis' , 'analyses') inflect.uncountable(%w(equipment homework moose information rice money species series fish sheep hovercraft)) end