"""Arabic-specific normalization and light stemming.""" import re import warnings with warnings.catch_warnings(): warnings.simplefilter("ignore", SyntaxWarning) import pyarabic.araby as araby from tashaphyne.stemming import ArabicLightStemmer def normalizeArabic(text): """Unify Arabic letter forms, collapse repetitions and strip diacritics/digits.""" text = text.strip() text = re.sub("ى", "ي", text) text = re.sub("ؤ", "ء", text) text = re.sub("ئ", "ء", text) text = re.sub("ة", "ه", text) #remove repetetions text = re.sub("[إأٱآا]", "ا", text) text = text.replace('وو', 'و') text = text.replace('يي', 'ي') text = text.replace('ييي', 'ي') text = text.replace('اا', 'ا') ## remove extra whitespace text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text) # Remove longation text = re.sub(r'(.)\1+', r"\1\1", text) # Strip vowels from a text, include Shadda. text = araby.strip_tashkeel(text) # Strip diacritics from a text, include harakats and small lettres The striped marks are text = araby.strip_diacritics(text) text = ''.join([i for i in text if not i.isdigit()]) return text def Arabic_Light_Stemmer(text): """Light-stem every word of ``text`` with Tashaphyne's ``ArabicLightStemmer``.""" # Arabic Light Stemming is a specific type of stemming applied to Arabic words. Stemming is the process # of reducing words to their root or base form, which helps in normalizing text for analysis. Arabic_Stemmer = ArabicLightStemmer() # stemming each word text = [Arabic_Stemmer.light_stem(y) for y in text.split()] return " ".join(text)