hers

== English == === Alternative forms === her's (now nonstandard) === Etymology === From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA(key): /əz/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA(key): /ɚz/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z === Pronoun === hers (plural hers) That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.] (informal) Her house or home. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hers plural of her === See also === === References === === Anagrams === rehs, EHRs, resh, HSer, RSHE, Resh, H.Res., ersh, H. Res., RSeH, Sher == Icelandic == === Noun === hers indefinite genitive singular of her == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== hers alternative form of hires (“hers”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== hers alternative form of heres (“theirs”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== hers alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”) ===== Descendants ===== → Middle Welsh: hers Welsh: hers === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== hers alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”) alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛrs/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English hearse. ==== Alternative forms ==== herst ==== Noun ==== hers f (plural hersiau or hersys, not mutable) hearse (vehicle for transporting the dead) Synonym: elor-gerbyd === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle Welsh hers, from Middle English hers, a variant of ars. ==== Noun ==== hers f (not mutable) bottom, posterior, rump Synonyms: pen-ôl, tin, cyfeistedd === Further reading === 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