"s$" = "" "(ss)$" = "$1" "(wi|kni|(?:after|half|high|low|mid|non|night|[^\w]|^)li)ves$" = "$1fe" "(ar|(?:wo|[ae])l|[eo][ao])ves$" = "$1f" "ies$" = "y" "(dg|ss|ois|lk|ok|wn|mb|th|ch|ec|oal|is|ck|ix|sser|ts|wb)ies$" = "$1ie" "\b(l|(?:neck|cross|hog|aun)?t|coll|faer|food|gen|goon|group|hipp|junk|vegg|(?:pork)?p|charl|calor|cut)ies$" = "$1ie" "\b(mon|smil)ies$" = "$1ey" "\b((?:tit)?m|l)ice$" = "$1ouse" "(seraph|cherub)im$" = "$1" "(x|ch|ss|sh|zz|tto|go|cho|alias|[^aou]us|t[lm]as|gas|(?:her|at|gr)o|[aeiou]ris)(?:es)?$" = "$1" "(analy|diagno|parenthe|progno|synop|the|empha|cri|ne)(?:sis|ses)$" = "$1sis" "(movie|twelve|abuse|e[mn]u)s$" = "$1" "(test)(?:is|es)$" = "$1is" "(alumn|syllab|vir|radi|nucle|fung|cact|stimul|termin|bacill|foc|uter|loc|strat)(?:us|i)$" = "$1us" "(agend|addend|millenni|dat|extrem|bacteri|desiderat|strat|candelabr|errat|ov|symposi|curricul|quor)a$" = "$1um" "(apheli|hyperbat|periheli|asyndet|noumen|phenomen|criteri|organ|prolegomen|hedr|automat)a$" = "$1on" "(alumn|alg|vertebr)ae$" = "$1a" "(cod|mur|sil|vert|ind)ices$" = "$1ex" "(matr|append)ices$" = "$1ix" "(pe)(rson|ople)$" = "$1rson" "(child)ren$" = "$1" "(eau)x?$" = "$1" "men$" = "man"