hers

• her's (now nonstandard)

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s).^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA^(key): /əz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ɚz/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z

hers (plural hers)

1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]

   That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.

   Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.

   This is a favourite song of hers. (double possessive)

   • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335:

     The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.

   • 2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian:

     The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.

2. (informal) Her house or home.

   Let's go over to hers.

hers

1. plural of her

• rehs, EHRs, resh, HSer, RSHE, Resh, H.Res., ersh, H. Res., RSeH, Sher

hers

1. indefinite genitive singular of her

hers

1. alternative form of hires (“hers”)

hers

1. alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

hers

1. alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)

• → Middle Welsh: hers
  • Welsh: hers

hers

1. alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
2. alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)

Borrowed from English hearse.

• herst

hers f (plural hersiau or hersys, not mutable)

1. hearse (vehicle for transporting the dead)

   Synonym: elor-gerbyd

Inherited from Middle Welsh hers, from Middle English hers, a variant of ars.

hers f (not mutable)

1. bottom, posterior, rump

   Synonyms: pen-ôl, tin, cyfeistedd

• 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