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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtheires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent totheir +‎-s (compare-'s); formed by analogy tohis. Displacedtheirn (from Middle Englishtheiren, formed by analogy tomine,thine) in standard speech.[1]

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Pronoun

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theirs (pluraltheirs)

  1. That or those belonging tothem;the possessive case ofthey, used without a following noun.
    This luggage istheirs. These passports are alsotheirs.
    Theirs cost a lot more than ours.
    That cat oftheirs got into our garden again.(double possessive)
    • 1878,Henry James,An International Episode‎[1]:
      The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend oftheirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots.
  2. (informal) Their house or home.
    Let's go over totheirs.

Translations

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that which belongs to them

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References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “theirs”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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