Meaning

2 senses

  1. That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

    This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.

    Theirs cost a lot more than ours.

    ihrer, ihre, ihres

    ихix

    їхjix, ї́хнійjíxnij

  2. (informal)Their house or home.

    Let's go over to theirs.

Examples

109 sentences

  1. Our school is larger than theirs.

    Наша школа більша за їхню.

    ruНаша школа больше, чем их.

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  2. A policeman asked the girls if the car was theirs.

    Поліцейський запитав дівчат, чи це їхня машина.

    deEin Polizist fragte die Mädchen, ob das Auto ihnen gehöre.

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  3. Those books are theirs.

    Ці книжки їхні.

    deDiese Bücher gehören ihnen.

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  4. Isn't that theirs?

    Хіба це не їхнє?

    ruЭто не их?

    deIst das nicht ihres?

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  5. This is theirs.

    Це їхнє.

    ruЭто их.

    deDas ist ihres.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that which belongs to them:
Русский
By meaning 1
that which belongs to them:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that which belongs to them:

Origin

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -

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.

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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