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:
ΝΗΣΟΣ ΝΗΣ
ΝΗΣΟΥ ΝΗΣ
Rule-set 17
if (word ends on ΗΣΤΕ){
remove the suffix;
if (remaining part is ΑΣΒ|ΣΒ|ΑΧΡ…){
add “ΗΣΤ”;
}
}
The rule removes the suffix ΗΣΤΕ for a group of words.
Example:
ΑΓΑΠΩ ΑΓΑΠ
ΑΓΑΠΗΣΤΕ ΑΓΑΠ
The rule doesn’t affect one group of words that by chance have similar suffixes.
Example:
ΣΒΗΣΤΟΣ ΣΒΗΣΤ
ΣΒΗΣΤΕ ΣΒΗΣΤ
Rule-set 18
if (word ends on ΟΥΝΕ|ΗΣΟΥΝΕ|ΗΘΟΥΝΕ){
remove the suffix;
if (remaining part is Ν|Ρ|ΣΠΙ…){
add “ΟΥΝ”;
}
}
The rule removes the suffixes ΟΥΝΕ, ΗΣΟΥΝΕ and ΗΘΟΥΝΕ for a group of
words.
Example:
ΑΓΑΠΩ ΑΓΑΠ
ΑΓΑΠΟΥΝΕ ΑΓΑΠ
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