them

== English == === Alternative forms === dem (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim. === Pronunciation === (stressed) enPR: thĕm, IPA(key): /ˈðɛm/ (stressed form, New York City) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛm] (unstressed) enPR: thəm, IPA(key): /ˈðəm/ (unstressed form, New York City) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ʌm] (unstressed form, nonstandard, General American) IPA(key): /ˈðʌm/ (pen-pin merger) IPA(key): /ˈðɪm/ Rhymes: -ɛm Hyphenation: them === Pronoun === them (third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they) (in the plural) Those ones. Used as the direct object of a verb. Used as the indirect object of a verb. Used as the object of a preposition. (nonstandard or colloquial, uncommon) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). (in the singular, occasionally proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary. Used as the direct object of a verb. Used as the indirect object of a verb. Used as the object of a preposition. (nonstandard or colloquial, uncommon) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). (informal set phrases, dialectal or nonstandard) They or those. ==== Usage notes ==== Regarding the use of singular them, see they. ==== Synonyms ==== dem (nonstandard) em (colloquial) 'em (colloquial) hem (obsolete) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === them (plural thems) (slang, sometimes derogatory, sometimes offensive) A non-binary person. === Determiner === them (dialectal or nonstandard) Those. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:them. === Anagrams === Meth., TEHM, meth, meth-, MHET, tehm == Albanian == === Alternative forms === thôm, thâm, thêm, thēm — Gheg dialects === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *θēm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Latin cēnseō (“to give an opinion, to judge, guess, reckon”). Potentially a doublet of rrëfej. === Pronunciation === (Tosk) IPA(key): [θɛm] (Gheg) IPA(key): [θɑ̃m], [θɔ̃m], [θɛ̃m], [θẽːm] === Verb === them (aorist thashë, participle thënë) (transitive) to say ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kundërthem === Further reading === “them”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[3], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “them”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[4], Oxford: Oxford University Press == Kalo Finnish Romani == === Noun === them m country, state ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “them” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== them alternative spelling of þem (“them”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== them alternative spelling of þem (“the, that, this”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== them alternative form of tem (“group”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== them alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”) == Mizo == === Noun === them part == Romani == === Etymology === Several etymologies have been proposed: Inherited from Sanskrit *स्थाम्य (*sthāmya). Borrowed from Old Armenian թեմ (tʻem). === Noun === them m (plural thema) country, state area === References === Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “them, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156 == Welsh Romani == === Noun === them m (in the plural thema) land, country country (as opposed to town) earth, world ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “them” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.