English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- her's (now nonstandard)
 
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA(key): /əz/
- (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːz/
 
 - (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA(key): /ɚz/
 Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z
 
Pronoun
[edit]hers (plural hers)
- 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.
 
 
 - (informal) Her house or home.
- Let's go over to hers.
 
 
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]that which belongs to her
  | 
Noun
[edit]hers
See also
[edit]| 
 Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.  | 
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “hers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
 
Anagrams
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Noun
[edit]hers
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hers
- alternative form of hires (“hers”)
 
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hers
- alternative form of heres (“theirs”)
 
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]hers
- alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)
 
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Verb
[edit]hers
- alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
 - alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)
 
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hers f (plural hersiau or hersys, not mutable)
- hearse (vehicle for transporting the dead)
- Synonym: elor-gerbyd
 
 
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Middle Welsh hers, from Middle English hers, a variant of ars.
Noun
[edit]hers f (not mutable)
Further reading
[edit]- 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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