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See also:her's,Hers,andHer's

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishhires,heres,hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent toher +‎-s (compare-'s).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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hers (pluralhers)

  1. That or those belonging toher;the possessive case ofshe, used without a following noun.[from 12th c.]
    That handbag ishers. These gloves are alsohers.
    Mine is the blue one, andhers is the red one.
    This is a favourite song ofhers.(double possessive)
    • 1791,Ann Radcliffe,The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published1999, page335:
      The life of La Motte, who had more than savedher's […], depended on the testimony she should give.
    • 2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff,The Guardian:
      The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that;hers andhers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.
  2. (informal) Her house or home.
    Let's go over tohers.

Derived terms

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Translations

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that which belongs to her

Noun

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hers

  1. plural ofher

See also

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English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are initalics.

personal pronounpossessive
pronoun
possessive
determiner
subjectiveobjectivereflexive
first
person
singularI
me (colloquial)
memyself
me
mysen
minemy
mine(before vowels, archaic)
me
pluralweusourselves
ourself
oursen
ours
ourn(obsolete outside dialects)
our
second
person
singularstandard
(historically
formal)
youyouyourself
yoursen
yours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)
your
archaic
(historically
informal)
thoutheethyself
theeself
thysen
thinethy
thine(before vowels)
pluralstandardyou
ye(archaic)
youyourselvesyours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)
your
colloquialyou all
y'all
you guys
you all
y'all
you guys
y'allselvesall yours
y'all's
you guys'
your guys'
all your
y'all's
your all's(nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys'
informal /
dialectal
(see list of dialectal forms atyou and inflected forms in those entries)
third
person
singularmasculinehehimhimself
hisself(archaic)
hissen
his
hisn(obsolete outside dialects)
his
femininesheherherself
hersen
hers
hern(obsolete outside dialects)
her
neuterit
hit
it
hit
itself
hitself
its
his(archaic)
its
his(archaic)
hits
genderless1theythemthemself,themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific
(formal)
oneoneoneselfone's
pluraltheythem
hem,'em
themselves
theirsen
theirs
theirn(obsolete outside dialects)
their

References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “hers”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Noun

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hers

  1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofher

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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hers

  1. alternative form ofhires(hers)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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hers

  1. alternative form ofheres(theirs)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hers

  1. alternative form ofars(anus; buttocks)
Descendants
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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hers

  1. alternative form ofhereth:third-personsingularpresent ofheren(to hear)
  2. alternative form ofheren:pluralpresent ofheren(to hear)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromEnglishhearse.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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hers f (pluralhersiauorhersys,not mutable)

  1. hearse (vehicle for transporting the dead)
    Synonym:elor-gerbyd

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromMiddle Welshhers, fromMiddle Englishhers, a variant ofars.

Noun

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hers f (not mutable)

  1. bottom,posterior,rump
    Synonyms:pen-ôl,tin,cyfeistedd

Further reading

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  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hers”, inGweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hers”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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