Development of a Stemmer for the Greek Language - SAIS

The rule doesn’t affect one group of words that by chance have similar suffixes.
Example:
ΜΕ∆ΟΥΣΑ ΜΕ∆ΟΥΣ
ΜΕ∆ΟΥΣΕΣ ΒΕΝΕΤ
Rule-set 15
if (word ends on ΑΓΑ|ΑΓΕΣ|ΑΓΕ){
remove the suffix;
if ((remaining part is ΑΒΑΣΤ|ΠΟΛΥΦ|Α∆ΗΦ…) ||
(remaining part ends on ΟΦ|ΠΕΛ|ΧΟΡΤ…)) && !((remaining
part is ΨΟΦ|ΝΑΥΛΟΧ)
|| (remaining part ends on ΚΟΛΛ)) {
add “ΑΓ”;
}
}
The rule removes the suffix ΑΓΑ, ΑΓΕΣ and ΑΓΕ for a group of words.
Example:
ΚΟΛΛΑΩ ΚΟΛΛ
ΚΟΛΛΑΓΕΣ ΚΟΛΛ
The rule doesn’t affect one group of words that by chance have similar suffixes.
Example:
ΑΒΑΣΤΑΓΟ ΑΒΑΣΤ
ΑΒΑΣΤΑΓΑ ΑΒΑΣΤ
Rule-set 16
if (word ends on ΗΣΕ|ΗΣΟΥ|ΗΣΑ){
remove the suffix;
if (remaining part is Ν|ΧΕΡΣΟΝ|∆Ω∆ΕΚΑΝ…){
add “ΗΣ”;
}
}
The rule removes the suffix ΗΣΕ, ΗΣΟΥ and ΗΣΑ for a group of words.
Example:
ΑΓΑΠΩ ΑΓΑΠ
ΑΓΑΠΗΣΕ ΑΓΑΠ
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