Method: Wiktionary::Noun#singularize

Defined in:
lib/wiktionary/noun.rb

#singularize(noun) ⇒ Object

Returns list of possible singular forms of noun.



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# File 'lib/wiktionary/noun.rb', line 43

def singularize(noun)
  first_capital = false
  if noun =~ /^\p{Lu}/
    noun = UnicodeUtils.downcase(noun[0]) + noun[1..-1]
    first_capital = true
  end
  result = @plural_to_singulars[noun]
  if first_capital
    result.map!{|word| UnicodeUtils.upcase(word[0]) + word[1..-1] }
  end
  result
end