adjective module¶

class inflex.adjective.Adjective[source]¶

Bases: inflex.term.Term

Class for detecting and converting to adjective forms.

__init__(term: str)[source]¶

Creates an Adjective instance with detection and conversion methods.

Examples

>>> adj = Adjective("my")
>>> adj.plural()
'our'

>>> adj = Adjective("pretty")
>>> adj.comparative()
'prettier'
>>> adj.superlative()
'prettiest'

Note

Capitalisation and whitespace will be preserved between input term and generated output.

Parameters: term (str) – Input word or collocation.

is_adj() → bool[source]¶

Returns True only if this adjective is instantiated via Adjective(term).

Returns: Returns True only if this adjective is instantiated via Adjective(term).
Return type: bool

is_singular() → bool[source]¶

Detect whether this adjective is in singular form.

Returns: True if this adjective is deemed singular.
Return type: bool

is_plural() → bool[source]¶

Detect whether this adjective is in plural form.

Returns: True if this adjective is deemed plural.
Return type: bool

singular(person: int = 0) → str[source]¶

Returns this adjective’s singular form.

Parameters: person (Optional[int], optional) – Represents the grammatical “person” (1st, 2nd, 3rd). This option only affects possessive adjectives. Defaults to 0.
Returns: This adjective’s singular form.
Return type: str

plural(person: int = 0) → str[source]¶

Returns this adjective’s plural form.

Parameters: person (Optional[int], optional) – Represents the grammatical “person” (1st, 2nd, 3rd). This option only affects possessive adjectives. Defaults to 0.
Returns: This adjective’s plural form.
Return type: str

lemma() → str[source]¶

Return this object’s lemma form.

Examples

>>> Adjective('pretty').lemma()
'pretty'

Returns: This object’s lemma form.
Return type: str

comparative(only_suffix: bool = False) → str[source]¶

Returns this Adjective’s comparative form.

Parameters: only_suffix (bool, optional) – If True, then only convert by modifying suffix. If False, more can also be prepended as a means of converting to comparative. Defaults to False.
Return type: str

Examples

>>> adj = Adjective("pretty")
>>> adj.comparative()
prettier

Note

“little” or “far” will fail due to having multiple options:

little (kid) -> littler (kid)
little (food) -> less (food)

and

far -> further
far -> farther

Fails on e.g. “boring” or “famous” We convert these to “boringer” and “famouser”. In reality they should be “more boring” and “more famous”

Returns: This Adjective’s comparative form.
Return type: str
Parameters: only_suffix (bool) –

superlative(only_suffix: bool = False) → str[source]¶

Returns this Adjective’s superlative form.

Parameters: only_suffix (bool, optional) – If True, then only convert by modifying suffix. If False, most can also be prepended as a means of converting to superlative. Defaults to False.
Return type: str

Examples

>>> adj = Adjective("pretty")
>>> adj.superlative()
prettiest

Note

“little” or “far” will fail due to having multiple options:

little (kid) -> littlest (kid)
little (food) -> least (food)

and

far -> furthest
far -> farthest

Fails on e.g. “boring” or “famous” We convert these to “boringest” and “famousest”. In reality they should be “most boring” and “most famous”

Returns: This Adjective’s superlative form.
Return type: str
Parameters: only_suffix (bool) –

as_regex() → Pattern[str]¶

Returns a re.Pattern which case-insensitively matches any inflected form of the word.

Returns

Compiled regex object which case-insensitively matches any inflected form: of the word.

Return type

re.Pattern

Examples

>>> Noun('cherub').as_regex()
re.compile('cherubs|cherubim|cherub', re.IGNORECASE)
>>> Verb('eat').as_regex()
re.compile('eats|eating|eaten|eat|ate', re.IGNORECASE)

classical() → inflex.term.Term¶

Returns an object always inflecting in the classical/unassimilated manner.

Examples

>>> Noun('cow').plural()
'cows'
>>> Noun('cow').unassimilated().plural()
'kine'

Note

Identical to unassimilated().

Returns: A Term object, or a subclass thereof.
Return type: Term

is_noun() → bool¶

Returns True only if this object is instantiated via Noun(term).

Returns: Returns True only if this object is instantiated via Noun(term).
Return type: bool

is_verb() → bool¶

Returns True only if this object is instantiated via Verb(term).

Returns: Returns True only if this object is instantiated via Verb(term).
Return type: bool

unassimilated() → inflex.term.Term¶

Returns an object always inflecting in the classical/unassimilated manner.

Examples

>>> Noun('cow').plural()
'cows'
>>> Noun('cow').unassimilated().plural()
'kine'

Note

Identical to classical().

Returns: A Term object, or a subclass thereof.
Return type: Term

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adjective module¶