diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61e951e..5b8f07c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.9.0",
+  "version": "3.9.1",
   "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/inflection-category.ts b/src/lib/inflection-category.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8dc009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/inflection-category.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { AdjectiveEntry, InflectionCategory, NounEntry } from "../types";
+import {
+    isFemNounEntry,
+    isNounEntry,
+    isPattern1Entry,
+    isPattern2Entry,
+    isPattern3Entry,
+    isPattern4Entry,
+    isPattern5Entry,
+    isPattern6FemEntry,
+} from "./type-predicates";
+
+export function getInflectionCategory(e: NounEntry | AdjectiveEntry): InflectionCategory {
+    return isPattern1Entry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.Basic
+        : isPattern2Entry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.UnstressedEy
+        : isPattern3Entry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.StressedEy
+        : isPattern4Entry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.Pashtun
+        : isPattern5Entry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.Squish
+        : isNounEntry(e) && isFemNounEntry(e) && isPattern6FemEntry(e)
+        ? InflectionCategory.FemInanEe
+        : InflectionCategory.None;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/library.ts b/src/library.ts
index 97f1139..fc29f4e 100644
--- a/src/library.ts
+++ b/src/library.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import Block, { NPBlock, APBlock } from "./components/blocks/Block";
 import { roleIcon } from "./components/vp-explorer/VPExplorerExplanationModal";
 import CompiledPTextDisplay from "./components/CompiledPTextDisplay";
 import RenderedBlocksDisplay from "./components/RenderedBlocksDisplay";
+import { getInflectionCategory } from "./lib/inflection-category";
 import {
     makePsString,
     removeFVarients,
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ export {
     blank,
     kidsBlank,
     isPashtoScript,
+    getInflectionCategory,
     // protobuf helpers
     readDictionary,
     writeDictionary,
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 298d0f8..1f0433d 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -500,6 +500,16 @@ export type VerbEntry = {
     complement?: DictionaryEntry,
 };
 
+export enum InflectionCategory {
+    None = 0,
+    Basic = 1,
+    UnstressedEy = 2,
+    StressedEy = 3,
+    Pashtun = 4,
+    Squish = 5,
+    FemInanEe = 6,
+};
+
 export type SingularEntry<T extends NounEntry> = T & { __brand7: "a singular noun - as opposed to an always plural noun" };
 export type PluralNounEntry<T extends NounEntry> = T & { __brand7: "a noun that is always plural" };