theirs

theirs

English

Etymology

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their +‎ -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ðɛəz/, /ðɛːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ðɛɚz/, /ðɛɹz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
• Homophone: there's

Pronoun

theirs

1. That which belongs to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

Translations

that which belongs to them

Arabic: (belonging to two persons) لَهُمَا‎ m or f (lahumā), (belonging to many persons) لَهُم‎ m (lahum) لَهُن‎ f (lahun) Egyptian: ليهم‎ (līhom), بتاعهم‎ m (betāʿhom), بتاعتهم‎ f (betāʿethom), بتوعهم‎ pl (betōʿhom) Azerbaijani: onlarınkı Belarusian: іх (ix) Bikol Central: sainda (bcl) (before a noun) Bulgarian: те́хен (téhen) Chinese: Mandarin: 他們的／他们的 (zh) (tāmen de), 她們的／她们的 (zh) (tāmen de) (of females) Coptic: Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲟⲩ m (phōou), ⲑⲱⲟⲩ f (thōou), ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩ pl (nouou) Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲟⲩ m (pōou), ⲧⲱⲟⲩ f (tōou), ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩ pl (nouou) Czech: jejich (cs) Dutch: het hunne, de hunne Esperanto: la ilia, la sia Finnish: heidän (fi) French: le leur (fr) f, la leur (fr) f, les leurs (fr) m pl or f pl Georgian: მათი (mati), იმათი (imati) German: ihrer (de) m, ihre (de) f, ihres (de) n Greek: δικός τους (el) m (dikós tous), δικιά τους f (dikiá tous), δική τους (el) f (dikí tous), δικό τους (el) n (dikó tous), δικοί τους (el) m pl (dikoí tous), δικές τους (el) f pl (dikés tous), δικά τους (el) n pl (diká tous) Hindi: उनका (hi) (unkā) Hungarian: övék (hu), övéik Italian: il loro m, la loro f, i loro m pl, le loro f pl Japanese: 彼らの (ja) (かれらの, karera no) Karakalpak: oniki Latin: suus (la), eorum (la), earum (la), illorum, illarum, horum (la), harum (la) Latvian: viņu (lv), viņējs Macedonian: нивен (niven) Mazanderani: وشونی‎ (vešuni) Polish: ich (pl) Portuguese: seu (pt), deles (pt) Romanian: al lor m, a lor f, ai lor m pl, ale lor f pl Russian: их (ru) (ix) Serbo-Croatian: njihov, њихов Slovak: ich (sk) Slovene: njíhov (sl) Spanish: suyo (es) m, suya (es) f, suyos (es) m pl, suyas (es) f pl Swedish: deras (sv) Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo) Turkish: onlarınki Tuvan: оларныы (olarnıı) Ukrainian: їх (jix) Urdu: ان کا‎ (un kā) Vietnamese: của họ Yakut: кинилэр киэннэрэ (kiniler kiennere)

See also

• They on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “theirs”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Reiths, Rieths, Ritesh, Thiers, riseth, rithes, sireth