Module:Roa-jer-headword

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local m_headword = require("Module:headword")
local m_utilities = require("Module:utilities")

local export = {}
local pos_functions = {}

local lang = require("Module:languages").getLanguageByCode("roa-jer")

-- The main entry point.
-- This is the only function that can be invoked from a template.
function export.show(frame)
    local args = frame:getParent().args
    PAGENAME = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text
    
    local head = args["head"]; if head == "" then head = nil end
    
    -- The part of speech. This is also the name of the category that
    -- entries go in. However, the two are separate (the "cat" parameter)
    -- because you sometimes want something to behave as an adjective without
    -- putting it in the adjectives category.
    local poscat = frame.args[1] or error("Part of speech has not been specified. Please pass parameter 1 to the module invocation.")
    
    local genders = {}
    local inflections = {}
    local categories = {"Jèrriais " .. poscat}
    
    if pos_functions[poscat] then
        pos_functions[poscat](args, genders, inflections, categories)
    end
    
    return
        m_headword.format_headword(head, lang, "Latn") ..
        m_headword.format_genders(genders, lang) ..
        m_headword.format_inflections(inflections, lang, "Latn") ..
        m_utilities.format_categories(categories, lang)
end

-- This only adds categories for now. The rest of {{roa-jer-noun}} should be added later.
pos_functions["nouns"] = function(args, genders, inflections, categories)
    local gender = args[1] or ""
    
    if gender == "" then
        table.insert(categories, "Jèrriais nouns lacking gender")
    end
    
    local type = args["type"] or args[2]
    local plural = args["pl"] or args["plural"] or PAGENAME .. (type == "-" and "" or "s")
    
    if type == "plural" then
        table.insert(categories, "Jèrriais plurals")
        table.insert(categories, "Jèrriais pluralia tantum")
    elseif plural == PAGENAME then
        table.insert(categories, "Jèrriais plurals")
    end
end

return export