yours

See also: Yours and your's

English

Alternative forms

• your's (archaic, now mis-spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your +‎ -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɔː(ɹ)z/, /jʊəz/, (unstressed) /jəz/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
• (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA^(key): /jɔɹz/, /jʊɚz/, /jɝz/, (unstressed) /jɚz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
• Homophone: yaws (in some non-rhotic accents)

Pronoun

yours

1. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

   If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.  Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.  It’s all yours.

2. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”

3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

   Yours sincerely,  Yours faithfully,  Yours,  Sincerely yours,

Usage notes

• In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms.

Synonyms

• yourn (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia)

Derived terms

• beg yours
• both of yours
• I don't fancy yours
• truly yours
• up yours
• what's yours
• wouldn't touch with yours
• you and yours
• you'll get yours
• yours ever
• yours trulies
• yours truly
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

 

Translations

possessive pronoun, singular

• Alabama: chisnooli
• Arabic: لَكَ m (laka), لَكِ f (laki) (belonging to one person)

  Egyptian Arabic: لك (lik), بتاعك m (betaʕak), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtak), بتوعاك pl (betoʕak) (owner is male), لك (liki), بتاعك m (betaʕik), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtik), بتوعاك pl (betoʕik) (owner is female)

• Azerbaijani: səninki
• Belarusian: твой (tvoj)
• Bikol Central: saimo (bcl) (before a noun), mo (bcl) (after a noun)
• Bulgarian: твой (tvoj)
• Chickasaw: chimmi'
• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲕ m (phōk), ⲑⲱⲕ f (thōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲫⲱ m (phō), ⲑⲱ f (thō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲕ m (pōk), ⲧⲱⲕ f (tōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲡⲱ m (pō), ⲧⲱ f (tō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)

• Crimean Tatar: seniñ
• Dutch: het jouwe, de jouwe, van jou
• Egyptian: (pꜣy.k m), (tꜣy.k f), (nꜣy.k pl) (owner is male), (pꜣy.ṯ m), (tꜣy.ṯ f), (nꜣy.ṯ pl) (owner is female)
• Finnish: sinun (fi), Teidän (fi) (formal)
• French: le tien (fr) m, la tienne (fr) f, les tiens (fr) pl, les tiennes (fr) f pl
• Galician: teu m, teus m pl, túa f, túas f pl
• German: deiner (de)
• Greek: (familiar forms) δικός σου (el) m (dikós sou), δικιά σου f (dikiá sou), δική σου (el) f (dikí sou), δικό σου (el) n (dikó sou), δικοί σου (el) m pl (dikoí sou), δικές σου (el) f pl (dikés sou), δικά σου (el) n pl (diká sou), (formal forms) δικός σας (el) m (dikós sas), δικιά σας f (dikiá sas), δική σας (el) f (dikí sas), δικό σας (el) n (dikó sas), δικοί σας (el) m pl (dikoí sas), δικές σας (el) f pl (dikés sas), δικά σας (el) n pl (diká sas)
• Hungarian: (informal) tiéd (hu), tied (hu), (formal) öné (hu), magáé (hu)
• Icelandic: þinn (is)
• Interlingua: tue
• Italian: tuo (it) m, tua (it) f, tuoi (it) m pl, tue (it) f pl (informal), Suo m, Sua f, Suoi m pl, Sue f pl (formal)
• Karakalpak: seniki
• Latvian: tavs, tavējs, tavējais, jūsu (polite), jūsējs (polite), jūsējais (polite)
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (siningge)
• Mazanderani: تنی (teni)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ᠴᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (činuki)

  Mongolian: чинийх (činiix)

• Polish: twój (pl) m, twoja f, twoje n, twoji pl
• Portuguese: (o) teu m, (o) seu m
• Romanian: al tău (ro) m, a ta (ro) f, ai tăi m pl, ale tale (ro) f pl
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj)
• Spanish: tuyo (es) sg, (formal) suyo (es)
• Swedish: din (sv) c, ditt (sv) n, dina (sv) pl
• Tuvan: сээңии (seeñii)
• Vietnamese: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
• Yakut: эйиэнэ (eyiene)

possessive pronoun, plural

• Arabic: لَكُمَا m or f (lakumā) (belonging to two persons), لَكُم m (lakum), لَكُن (ar) f (lakun) (belonging to many persons)

  Egyptian Arabic: ليكو (liko), بتاعكو m (betaʕko), بتاعتكو f (betaʕetko), بتوعكو pl (betoʕko) (many owners)

• Azerbaijani: sizinki
• Belarusian: ваш (vaš)
• Bikol Central: saindo (bcl) (before a noun) nindo (bcl) (after a noun)
• Bulgarian: ваш (vaš)
• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲧⲉⲛ m (phōten), ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ f (thōten), ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ pl (nouten) (many owners)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲧⲉⲛ m (pōten), ⲧⲱⲧⲉⲛ f (tōten), ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ pl (nouten) (many owners)

• Crimean Tatar: siziñ
• Dutch: het uwe, de uwe, van jullie
• Egyptian: (pꜣy.ṯn m), (tꜣy.ṯn f), (nꜣy.ṯn pl)
• Finnish: teidän (fi), Teidän (fi) (formal)
• French: les vôtres (fr) pl, les vôtres (fr) f pl
• Galician: voso m pl, vosa f, vosos m pl, vosas f pl
• German: Ihres (de)
• Greek: δικός σας (el) m (dikós sas), δικιά σας f (dikiá sas), δική σας (el) f (dikí sas), δικό σας (el) n (dikó sas), δικοί σας (el) m pl (dikoí sas), δικές σας (el) f pl (dikés sas), δικά σας (el) n pl (diká sas)
• Hungarian: (informal) tiétek (hu), tietek (hu), (formal) önöké (hu), maguké (hu)
• Icelandic: ykkar (is)
• Interlingua: vostre
• Karakalpak: siziki
• Latvian: jūsu, jūsējs, jūsējais
• Manchu: ᠴᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (ceningge)
• Mazanderani: شمنی (šemeni)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: таных (tanyx)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (tanuki)

• Polish: wasz (pl) m, wasza f, wasze n, wasi (pl) pl
• Portuguese: (o) seu m, (o) vosso m
• Romanian: al vostru (ro) m, a voastră f, ai voștri m pl, ale voastre f pl
• Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
• Spanish: vuestro (es) pl, (formal) suyo (es)
• Swedish: er (sv) c, ert (sv) n, era (sv) pl
• Tuvan: силернии (silernii)
• Vietnamese: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: các ông, các bà, các anh, các cô, các chị, chúng mày, các em, etc.)
• Yakut: эһиэнэ (ehiene)

sincerely

• Finnish: kunnioittavasti (fi) (formal), terveisin (fi) (informal)
• Hungarian: üdvözlettel
• Macedonian: Твој m (Tvoj), Тво́ја f (Tvója) (informal), Ваш m (Vaš), Ва́ша f (Váša) (formal)
• Russian: Ваш (ru) (Vaš) (formal)
• Swahili: wako (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 你的 (zh) (nǐ-de), ^{(please verify)} 您的 (zh) (nín-de) (formal)

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} la via
• French: ^{(please verify)} le vôtre (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} la vôtre (fr) f
• Hawaiian: ^{(please verify)} ou, ^{(please verify)} āu
• Hindi: (least formal) ^{(please verify)} तेरा (hi) (terā), (formal) ^{(please verify)} आपका (āpkā), (informal) ^{(please verify)} तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhārā)
• Italian: (formal and informal belonging to multiple people, uncommon formal belonging to one person) ^{(please verify)} vostro (it) m, ^{(please verify)} vostra (it) f, ^{(please verify)} vostri (it) m pl, ^{(please verify)} vostre (it) f pl, (uncommon, very formal belonging to multiple people) ^{(please verify)} Loro (it) m or f
• Japanese: (polite) ^{(please verify)} あなたのもの (anata-no mono), (familiar) ^{(please verify)} きみのもの (kimi-no mono), (polite) ^{(please verify)} あなたたちのもの pl (anatatachi-no mono), (familiar) ^{(please verify)} きみたちのもの pl (kimitachi-no mono)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} tuus (la), ^{(please verify)} tui (la), ^{(please verify)} vestri (la), ^{(please verify)} vestrum (la), ^{(please verify)} vester (la), ^{(please verify)} voster (la)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} твој m (tvoj), ^{(please verify)} тво́ја f (tvója), ^{(please verify)} тво́е n (tvóe) (singular, informal), ^{(please verify)} ваш m (vaš), ^{(please verify)} ва́ша f (váša), ^{(please verify)} ва́ше n (váše) (plural), ^{(please verify)} Ваш m (Vaš), ^{(please verify)} Ва́ша f (Váša), ^{(please verify)} Ваше n (Vaše) (singular, formal)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} þīn, ^{(please verify)} inċer (ang) (dual), ^{(please verify)} ēower pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} тво̑ј, ^{(please verify)} ва̑ш (formal)

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} tvȏj, ^{(please verify)} vȃš (sh) (formal)

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} tvoj (sk), ^{(please verify)} váš (formal)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} tvój (sl), ^{(please verify)} vàš (sl) (formal)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} wako (sw)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ของคุณ (kŏng kun)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} seninki, ^{(please verify)} sizinki
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} твій (uk) (tvij) (informal), ^{(please verify)} ваш (uk) (vaš) (formal)
• Urdu: (least formal) ^{(please verify)} تیرا (tera), (informal) ^{(please verify)} تمہارا (tumhaara), (formal) ^{(please verify)} آپ کا (aap ka)

See also

English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine (before vowels, archaic) me
	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		archaic, informal	thou	thee	thyself theeself thysen	thine	thy thine (before vowels)
	plural	standard	you ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		colloquial	you all y'all you guys	you all y'all you guys	y'allselves	y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed)	y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed)
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person	singular	masculine	he	him	himself hisself (archaic) hissen	his hisn (obsolete outside dialects)	his
		feminine	she	her	herself hersen	hers hern (obsolete outside dialects)	her
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itself hitself	its his (archaic)	its his (archaic) hits
		genderless	they	them	themself, themselves	theirs	their
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem, 'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)	their

Middle English

Pronoun

yours

1. Alternative form of youres