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See also: her's , Hers , and Her's

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English hires , heres , hers , attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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hers (plural hers)

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
    That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
    Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.
    This is a favourite song of hers. (double possessive )
    • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335:
      The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her'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 and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.
  2. (informal ) Her house or home.
    Let's go over to hers.

Derived terms

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Translations

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that which belongs to her

Noun

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hers

  1. plural of her

See also

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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
ourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 our
second
person 		singular standard
(historically
formal) 		you you yourself
yoursen 		yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic
(historically
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
yous 		you all
y'all
you guys
yous 		y'allselves all 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 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
genderless1 they them themself , themselves theirs their
nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem , 'em 		themselves
theirsen 		theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), "hers", in Online Etymology Dictionary .

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Noun

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hers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of her

Ingrian

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Hersiä.

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *hirci . Cognates include Finnish hirsi and Estonian hirs .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hers

  1. (Soikkola , Hevaha ) log, timber

Declension

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Declension of hers (type 5/käsi , rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative hers herret
genitive herren hersiin
partitive herttä hersiä
illative hertee hersii
inessive herrees hersiis
elative herrest hersist
allative herrelle hersille
adessive herreel hersiil
ablative herrelt hersilt
translative herreks hersiks
essive hertennä , herteen hersinnä , hersiin
exessive1) hertent hersint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka ? or -kä ? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 59
  • Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 35

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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hers

  1. alternative form of hires ("hers")

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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hers

  1. alternative form of heres ("theirs")

Etymology 3

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Noun

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hers

  1. alternative form of ars ("anus; buttocks")
Descendants
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Etymology 4

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Verb

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hers

  1. alternative form of hereth : third-person singular present of heren ("to hear")
  2. alternative form of heren : plural present of heren ("to hear")

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English hearse .

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Noun

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hers f (plural hersiau or hersys , not mutable)

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

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle Welsh hers , from Middle English hers , a variant of ars .

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", in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), "hers", in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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