diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28b0e14..e86a30f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "1.1.8",
+  "version": "1.1.9",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",
diff --git a/src/lib/pashto-inflector.test.ts b/src/lib/pashto-inflector.test.ts
index 10fff7c..1c7f500 100644
--- a/src/lib/pashto-inflector.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pashto-inflector.test.ts
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ const nouns: Array<{
     },
     // should NOT do the oona plural with the squish nouns, when they're animate
     {
-        in: {"i":5465,"ts":1527812802,"p":"خر","f":"khur","g":"khur","e":"donkey","c":"n. m. unisex irreg.","infap":"خره","infaf":"khru","infbp":"خر","infbf":"khr"},
+        in: {"i":5465,"ts":1527812802,"p":"خر","f":"khur","g":"khur","e":"donkey","c":"n. m. anim. unisex irreg.","infap":"خره","infaf":"khru","infbp":"خر","infbf":"khr"},
         out: {
             inflections: {
                 masc: [
diff --git a/src/lib/pashto-inflector.ts b/src/lib/pashto-inflector.ts
index 76ef77e..0d5c365 100644
--- a/src/lib/pashto-inflector.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pashto-inflector.ts
@@ -499,9 +499,11 @@ function makePlural(w: T.DictionaryEntryNoFVars): { plural: T.PluralInflections
     if (endsInConsonant(w) && (!w.infap)) {
       return { arabicPlural, plural: addAnimUnisexPluralSuffix() };
     }
-    if (shortSquish && anim) {
+    if (shortSquish && !anim) {
       return { arabicPlural, plural: { masc: addMascPluralSuffix(anim, shortSquish) }};
     }
+    // usually shortSquish nouns would never have arabicPlurals -- so we don't have to worry about catching
+    // arabic plurals for the animat ones, right?
   }
   if (
     type === "masc noun" &&