theirs

English

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/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛə(r)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)
Belarusian: іх (ix)
Bulgarian: те́хен (téhen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 他們的 (zh), 他们的 (zh) (tāmen-de), 她們的 (zh), 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
Egyptian Arabic: ليهم‎ (lihom), بتاعهم‎ m (betaʕhom), بتاعتهم‎ f (betaʕethom), بتوعهم‎ pl (betoʕhom)
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: ^{(please verify)} ihrs, ^{(please verify)} von ihnen
Greek: δικός τους (el) m (dikós tous), δικιά τους f (dikiá tous), δική τους (el) f (dikí tous), δικό τους n (dikó tous), δικοί τους m pl (dikoí tous), δικές τους f pl (dikés tous), δικά τους n pl (diká tous)
Hindi: उनका (hi) (unkā)
Hungarian: övék (hu), övéik
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 (níven)
Mazanderani: وشونی‎ (vešuni)
Novial: lesen
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: њихов, njihov
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
Ukrainian: їх (jix)
Urdu: ان کا‎ (un kā)
Vietnamese: của họ
Yakut: кинилэр киэннэрэ (kiniler kiennere)

References

“theirs” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Reiths, Rieths, Ritesh, riseth, rithes, sireth

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[1] “theirs” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.