Function step_3

pattern/vector/stemmer.py:198–207

Step 3 replaces -ic, -ful, -ness etc. suffixes. This only happens if there is at least one vowel-consonant pair before the suffix.

(w)

    ("s", (("ness", ""),))
]    
def step_3(w):
    """ Step 3 replaces -ic, -ful, -ness etc. suffixes.
        This only happens if there is at least one vowel-consonant pair before the suffix.
    """
    for suffix, rules in suffixes3:
        if w.endswith(suffix):
            for A,B in rules:
                if w.endswith(A): 
                    return R1(w).endswith(A) and w[:-len(A)] + B or w
    return w

suffixes4 = [
    ("al", ("al",)),