diff --git a/packages/inflection/__tests__/inflection.test.ts b/packages/inflection/__tests__/inflection.test.ts
index c436bd8e..88a88df3 100644
--- a/packages/inflection/__tests__/inflection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/inflection/__tests__/inflection.test.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,21 @@ describe('inflection', () => {
       { name: 'information', result: 'information' },
       { name: 'deer', result: 'deer' },
       { name: 'series', result: 'series' },
-      { name: 'species', result: 'species' }
+      { name: 'species', result: 'species' },
+      // -f/-fe: only the f-stem nouns take -ves
+      { name: 'knife', result: 'knives' },
+      { name: 'wolf', result: 'wolves' },
+      { name: 'leaf', result: 'leaves' },
+      { name: 'thief', result: 'thieves' },
+      { name: 'shelf', result: 'shelves' },
+      { name: 'cafe', result: 'cafes' },
+      { name: 'safe', result: 'safes' },
+      { name: 'roof', result: 'roofs' },
+      { name: 'belief', result: 'beliefs' },
+      { name: 'derive', result: 'derives' },
+      { name: 'mouse', result: 'mice' },
+      { name: 'spouse', result: 'spouses' },
+      { name: 'apis', result: 'apis' }
     ]
   );
 
@@ -215,6 +229,40 @@ describe('inflection', () => {
       { name: 'media', result: 'medium' },
       { name: 'data', result: 'datum' },
       { name: 'strata', result: 'stratum' },
+      // -ves: only the f-stem nouns rewrite to -f/-fe; the rest drop the "s".
+      // The old ([^fo])ves$ -> \1fe rule turned "derives" into "derife".
+      { name: 'derives', result: 'derive' },
+      { name: 'metaschema_public.derives', result: 'metaschema_public.derive' },
+      { name: 'archives', result: 'archive' },
+      { name: 'curves', result: 'curve' },
+      { name: 'olives', result: 'olive' },
+      { name: 'solves', result: 'solve' },
+      { name: 'valves', result: 'valve' },
+      { name: 'motives', result: 'motive' },
+      { name: 'natives', result: 'native' },
+      { name: 'hives', result: 'hive' },
+      { name: 'knives', result: 'knife' },
+      { name: 'lives', result: 'life' },
+      { name: 'wives', result: 'wife' },
+      { name: 'wolves', result: 'wolf' },
+      { name: 'shelves', result: 'shelf' },
+      { name: 'halves', result: 'half' },
+      { name: 'leaves', result: 'leaf' },
+      { name: 'loaves', result: 'loaf' },
+      { name: 'thieves', result: 'thief' },
+      { name: 'hooves', result: 'hoof' },
+      // -ice: only mice/lice are plurals
+      { name: 'mice', result: 'mouse' },
+      { name: 'lice', result: 'louse' },
+      { name: 'police', result: 'police' },
+      { name: 'service', result: 'service' },
+      { name: 'chalice', result: 'chalice' },
+      // -is/-us words are already singular
+      { name: 'iris', result: 'iris' },
+      { name: 'apis', result: 'api' },
+      { name: 'analysis', result: 'analysis' },
+      { name: 'analyses', result: 'analysis' },
+      { name: 'status', result: 'status' },
       // uncountable words
       { name: 'sheep', result: 'sheep' },
       { name: 'equipment', result: 'equipment' },
diff --git a/packages/inflection/deploy/schemas/inflection/tables/inflection_rules/fixtures/1589249334312_fixture.sql b/packages/inflection/deploy/schemas/inflection/tables/inflection_rules/fixtures/1589249334312_fixture.sql
index 93072f12..85283ff8 100644
--- a/packages/inflection/deploy/schemas/inflection/tables/inflection_rules/fixtures/1589249334312_fixture.sql
+++ b/packages/inflection/deploy/schemas/inflection/tables/inflection_rules/fixtures/1589249334312_fixture.sql
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules
     ('plural', '(s)eries$', NULL),
     ('plural', '(m)ovies$', NULL),
     ('plural', '(x|ch|ss|sh)es$', NULL),
-    ('plural', '([m|l])ice$', NULL),
+    ('plural', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ice$', NULL),
     ('plural', '(bus)es$', NULL),
     ('plural', '(o)es$', NULL),
     ('plural', '(shoe)s$', NULL),
@@ -56,14 +56,32 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules
     ('plural', '(buffal|tomat|potat)o$', E'\\1oes'),
     ('plural', '([ti])um$', E'\\1a'),
     ('plural', 'sis$', E'ses'),
-    ('plural', '(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$', E'\\1\\2ves'),
+    -- only the f-stem nouns take -ves; everything else takes a plain "s"
+    -- (cafe -> cafes, safe -> safes, roof -> roofs) via the final '$' rule
+    ('plural', 'self$', E'selves'),
+    ('plural', 'shelf$', E'shelves'),
+    ('plural', '(^|[^[:alpha:]])elf$', E'\\1elves'),
+    ('plural', 'knife$', E'knives'),
+    ('plural', 'wife$', E'wives'),
+    ('plural', '(^|[^o])life$', E'\\1lives'),
+    ('plural', '(^|[^c])leaf$', E'\\1leaves'),
+    ('plural', 'calf$', E'calves'),
+    ('plural', 'dwarf$', E'dwarves'),
+    ('plural', 'half$', E'halves'),
+    ('plural', 'hoof$', E'hooves'),
+    ('plural', 'loaf$', E'loaves'),
+    ('plural', 'scarf$', E'scarves'),
+    ('plural', 'sheaf$', E'sheaves'),
+    ('plural', 'thief$', E'thieves'),
+    ('plural', 'wharf$', E'wharves'),
+    ('plural', 'wolf$', E'wolves'),
     ('plural', '^(focus)$', E'\\1es'),
     ('plural', '(hi|ti)ve$', E'\\1ves'),
     ('plural', '([^aeiouy]|qu)y$', E'\\1ies'),
     ('plural', '(matr)ix$', E'\\1ices'),
     ('plural', '(vert|ind)ex$', E'\\1ices'),
     ('plural', '(x|ch|ss|sh)$', E'\\1es'),
-    ('plural', '([m|l])ouse$', E'\\1ice'),
+    ('plural', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ouse$', E'\\1ice'),
     ('plural', '^foot$', E'feet'),
     ('plural', '^tooth$', E'teeth'),
     ('plural', '^goose$', E'geese'),
@@ -87,14 +105,27 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules
     ('singular', '(buffal|tomat|potat)o$', NULL),
     ('singular', '([ti])um$', NULL),
     ('singular', 'sis$', NULL),
+    -- no English plural ends in "us" (bus, status, census, radius, lotus, and
+    -- every -ous adjective), so those are singular already; the -u nouns whose
+    -- plural IS -us come first
+    ('singular', '(men|gur|em|haik|tof|tut|zeb|kudz)us$', E'\\1u'),
+    ('singular', 'us$', NULL),
+    -- -is words are singular too, but the guard has to be anchored: a blanket
+    -- is$ rule would also keep "apis" (a platform table) from reaching "api"
+    ('singular', '^(iris|chassis|clematis|trellis|tennis|debris|axis|oasis|pelvis|mantis|arthritis|bronchitis|hepatitis)$', NULL),
     ('singular', '(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$', NULL),
+    -- mice/lice first, then every other -ice word is already singular
+    -- (price, police, chalice, service): the ([m|l])ice$ rule's character
+    -- class also matched "|" and turned "police" into "polouse"
+    ('singular', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ice$', E'\\1ouse'),
+    ('singular', 'ice$', NULL),
     ('singular', '^(focus)$', NULL),
     ('singular', '(hi|ti)ve$', NULL),
     ('singular', '([^aeiouy]|qu)y$', NULL),
     ('singular', '(x|ch|ss|sh)$', NULL),
     ('singular', '(matr)ix$', NULL),
     ('singular', '(vert|ind)ex$', NULL),
-    ('singular', '([m|l])ouse$', NULL),
+    ('singular', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ouse$', NULL),
     ('singular', '^foot$', NULL),
     ('singular', '^tooth$', NULL),
     ('singular', '^goose$', NULL),
@@ -117,18 +148,39 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules
     ('singular', '(curricul)a$', E'\\1um'),
     ('singular', '([ti])a$', E'\\1um'),
     ('singular', '(.+base)s$', E'\\1'),
-    ('singular', '((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$', E'\\1\\2sis'),
-    ('singular', '(hi|ti)ves$', E'\\1ve'),
-    ('singular', '(curve)s$', E'\\1'),
-    ('singular', '([lr])ves$', E'\\1f'),
-    ('singular', '([a])ves$', E'\\1ve'),
-    ('singular', '([^fo])ves$', E'\\1fe'),
+    -- one flat group: PostgreSQL numbers the nested groups of the node.js
+    -- rule differently, which turned "analyses" into "analyasis"
+    ('singular', '(analy|ba|diagno|parenthe|progno|synop|the)ses$', E'\\1sis'),
+    -- -ves: the f-stem nouns are an explicit list, everything else simply
+    -- drops the "s" (derives -> derive, curves -> curve, valves -> valve).
+    -- The inverse rule ([^fo])ves$ -> \\1fe is what produced "derife".
+    -- The f-stems are matched as whole words (or compound tails): a bare
+    -- "(li)ves$" would also fire on "olives" -> "olife" and "(el)ves$" on
+    -- "delves" -> "delf".
+    ('singular', 'selves$', E'self'),
+    ('singular', 'shelves$', E'shelf'),
+    ('singular', '(^|[^[:alpha:]])elves$', E'\\1elf'),
+    ('singular', 'knives$', E'knife'),
+    ('singular', 'wives$', E'wife'),
+    ('singular', '(^|[^o])lives$', E'\\1life'),
+    ('singular', '(^|[^c])leaves$', E'\\1leaf'),
+    ('singular', 'calves$', E'calf'),
+    ('singular', 'dwarves$', E'dwarf'),
+    ('singular', 'halves$', E'half'),
+    ('singular', 'hooves$', E'hoof'),
+    ('singular', 'loaves$', E'loaf'),
+    ('singular', 'scarves$', E'scarf'),
+    ('singular', 'sheaves$', E'sheaf'),
+    ('singular', 'thieves$', E'thief'),
+    ('singular', 'wharves$', E'wharf'),
+    ('singular', 'wolves$', E'wolf'),
+    ('singular', 'ves$', E've'),
     ('singular', '(m)ovies$', E'\\1ovie'),
     ('singular', '([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$', E'\\1y'),
     ('singular', '(s)eries$', E'\\1eries'),
     ('singular', '(x|ch|ss|sh)es$', E'\\1'),
-    ('singular', '([m|l])ice$', E'\\1ouse'),
-    ('singular', '(bus)es$', E'\\1'),
+    ('singular', '(bus|focus)es$', E'\\1'),
+    ('singular', 'lenses$', E'lens'),
     ('singular', '(o)es$', E'\\1'),
     ('singular', '(shoe)s$', E'\\1'),
     ('singular', '(cris|ax|test)es$', E'\\1is'),
diff --git a/packages/inflection/sql/pgpm-inflection--0.33.0.sql b/packages/inflection/sql/pgpm-inflection--0.33.0.sql
index 2be901a9..940bdc30 100644
--- a/packages/inflection/sql/pgpm-inflection--0.33.0.sql
+++ b/packages/inflection/sql/pgpm-inflection--0.33.0.sql
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules (
   ('plural', '(s)eries$', NULL),
   ('plural', '(m)ovies$', NULL),
   ('plural', '(x|ch|ss|sh)es$', NULL),
-  ('plural', '([m|l])ice$', NULL),
+  ('plural', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ice$', NULL),
   ('plural', '(bus)es$', NULL),
   ('plural', '(o)es$', NULL),
   ('plural', '(shoe)s$', NULL),
@@ -429,14 +429,30 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules (
   ('plural', '(buffal|tomat|potat)o$', E'\\1oes'),
   ('plural', '([ti])um$', E'\\1a'),
   ('plural', 'sis$', 'ses'),
-  ('plural', '(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$', E'\\1\\2ves'),
+  ('plural', 'self$', 'selves'),
+  ('plural', 'shelf$', 'shelves'),
+  ('plural', '(^|[^[:alpha:]])elf$', E'\\1elves'),
+  ('plural', 'knife$', 'knives'),
+  ('plural', 'wife$', 'wives'),
+  ('plural', '(^|[^o])life$', E'\\1lives'),
+  ('plural', '(^|[^c])leaf$', E'\\1leaves'),
+  ('plural', 'calf$', 'calves'),
+  ('plural', 'dwarf$', 'dwarves'),
+  ('plural', 'half$', 'halves'),
+  ('plural', 'hoof$', 'hooves'),
+  ('plural', 'loaf$', 'loaves'),
+  ('plural', 'scarf$', 'scarves'),
+  ('plural', 'sheaf$', 'sheaves'),
+  ('plural', 'thief$', 'thieves'),
+  ('plural', 'wharf$', 'wharves'),
+  ('plural', 'wolf$', 'wolves'),
   ('plural', '^(focus)$', E'\\1es'),
   ('plural', '(hi|ti)ve$', E'\\1ves'),
   ('plural', '([^aeiouy]|qu)y$', E'\\1ies'),
   ('plural', '(matr)ix$', E'\\1ices'),
   ('plural', '(vert|ind)ex$', E'\\1ices'),
   ('plural', '(x|ch|ss|sh)$', E'\\1es'),
-  ('plural', '([m|l])ouse$', E'\\1ice'),
+  ('plural', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ouse$', E'\\1ice'),
   ('plural', '^foot$', 'feet'),
   ('plural', '^tooth$', 'teeth'),
   ('plural', '^goose$', 'geese'),
@@ -459,14 +475,19 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules (
   ('singular', '(buffal|tomat|potat)o$', NULL),
   ('singular', '([ti])um$', NULL),
   ('singular', 'sis$', NULL),
+  ('singular', '(men|gur|em|haik|tof|tut|zeb|kudz)us$', E'\\1u'),
+  ('singular', 'us$', NULL),
+  ('singular', '^(iris|chassis|clematis|trellis|tennis|debris|axis|oasis|pelvis|mantis|arthritis|bronchitis|hepatitis)$', NULL),
   ('singular', '(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$', NULL),
+  ('singular', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ice$', E'\\1ouse'),
+  ('singular', 'ice$', NULL),
   ('singular', '^(focus)$', NULL),
   ('singular', '(hi|ti)ve$', NULL),
   ('singular', '([^aeiouy]|qu)y$', NULL),
   ('singular', '(x|ch|ss|sh)$', NULL),
   ('singular', '(matr)ix$', NULL),
   ('singular', '(vert|ind)ex$', NULL),
-  ('singular', '([m|l])ouse$', NULL),
+  ('singular', '^(m|l|dorm|titm|woodl)ouse$', NULL),
   ('singular', '^foot$', NULL),
   ('singular', '^tooth$', NULL),
   ('singular', '^goose$', NULL),
@@ -487,18 +508,31 @@ INSERT INTO inflection.inflection_rules (
   ('singular', '(curricul)a$', E'\\1um'),
   ('singular', '([ti])a$', E'\\1um'),
   ('singular', '(.+base)s$', E'\\1'),
-  ('singular', '((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$', E'\\1\\2sis'),
-  ('singular', '(hi|ti)ves$', E'\\1ve'),
-  ('singular', '(curve)s$', E'\\1'),
-  ('singular', '([lr])ves$', E'\\1f'),
-  ('singular', '([a])ves$', E'\\1ve'),
-  ('singular', '([^fo])ves$', E'\\1fe'),
+  ('singular', '(analy|ba|diagno|parenthe|progno|synop|the)ses$', E'\\1sis'),
+  ('singular', 'selves$', 'self'),
+  ('singular', 'shelves$', 'shelf'),
+  ('singular', '(^|[^[:alpha:]])elves$', E'\\1elf'),
+  ('singular', 'knives$', 'knife'),
+  ('singular', 'wives$', 'wife'),
+  ('singular', '(^|[^o])lives$', E'\\1life'),
+  ('singular', '(^|[^c])leaves$', E'\\1leaf'),
+  ('singular', 'calves$', 'calf'),
+  ('singular', 'dwarves$', 'dwarf'),
+  ('singular', 'halves$', 'half'),
+  ('singular', 'hooves$', 'hoof'),
+  ('singular', 'loaves$', 'loaf'),
+  ('singular', 'scarves$', 'scarf'),
+  ('singular', 'sheaves$', 'sheaf'),
+  ('singular', 'thieves$', 'thief'),
+  ('singular', 'wharves$', 'wharf'),
+  ('singular', 'wolves$', 'wolf'),
+  ('singular', 'ves$', 've'),
   ('singular', '(m)ovies$', E'\\1ovie'),
   ('singular', '([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$', E'\\1y'),
   ('singular', '(s)eries$', E'\\1eries'),
   ('singular', '(x|ch|ss|sh)es$', E'\\1'),
-  ('singular', '([m|l])ice$', E'\\1ouse'),
-  ('singular', '(bus)es$', E'\\1'),
+  ('singular', '(bus|focus)es$', E'\\1'),
+  ('singular', 'lenses$', 'lens'),
   ('singular', '(o)es$', E'\\1'),
   ('singular', '(shoe)s$', E'\\1'),
   ('singular', '(cris|ax|test)es$', E'\\1is'),