module GreekNames

Constants

VERSION

Public Instance Methods

maleInOS(string) click to toggle source

# File lib/greek_names.rb, line 27
def maleInOS(string)
  case string.to_s[-4..-1]
    when /(γος|γός)|(άνος|ανος|ανός)|(τος|τός)|(ΓΟΣ)|(ΑΝΟΣ)|(ΤΟΣ)/ then string.chop
    else string[-2..-1].match(/(ΟΣ)/) ? string.gsub('ΟΣ','Ε') : string.gsub(/(ός|ος)/,'ε')
  end
end

vocative(string) click to toggle source

returns the vocative name

GreekNames.vocative("Γιώργος")
 => "Γιώργο"
GreekNames.vocative("Αλέξανδρος")
 => "Αλέξανδρε"
2.1.3 :001 > GreekNames.vocative("Αντώνης")
 => "Αντώνη"
2.1.3 :002 > GreekNames.vocative("Μαρία")
 => "Μαρία"

# File lib/greek_names.rb, line 16
def vocative(string)
  if string[-2..-1].match(/(ας|άς)|(ης|ής)|(ΑΣ)|(ΗΣ)/)
    string.chop
  elsif string[-2..-1].match(/(ος|ός)|(ΟΣ)/)
    maleInOS(string)
  else
    string
  end
end