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]
theirs
- That which belongs to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
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)
- Marathi: त्यांचा m (tyāñcā), त्यांचे n (tyāñce), त्यांची f (tyāñcī)
- 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)
- Tagalog: kanila
- 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)
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