theirs

English

Alternative forms

• their's (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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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 (betāʕhom), بتاعتهم f (betāʕethom), بتوعهم pl (betōʕhom)

• 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 (hu)
• 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)
• Marathi: त्यांचा m (tyāñcā), त्यांचे n (tyāñce), त्यांची f (tyāñcī)
• 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)
• Tagalog: kanila
• Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo)
• Turkish: onlarınki
• Tuvan: оларныы (olarnıı)
• Ukrainian: їх (uk) (jix), ї́хній (jíxnij)
• Urdu: ان کا (un kā)
• Vietnamese: của họ
• Yakut: кинилэр киэннэрэ (kiniler kiennere)

See also

• They on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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