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.[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ðɛəz/, /ðɛːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ðɛɚz/, /ðɛɹz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Homophone: there's

Pronoun

theirs

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)
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)
Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo)
Turkish: onlarınki
Tuvan: оларныы (olarnıı)
Ukrainian: їх (jix), ї́хній (jíxnij)
Urdu: ان کا (un kā)
Vietnamese: của họ
Yakut: кинилэр киэннэрэ (kiniler kiennere)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theirs”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theirs”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.