Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *þaizǭ
Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (þaiʀo /þaizō/)
Old Norse þeirader.
English their
From Old Norse þeira, þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *þaizǭ
Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (þaiʀo /þaizō/)
Old Norse þeirader.
English their
From Old Norse þeira, þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Meanings
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:
this is probably their cat
they will meet tomorrow at their convenience
Proponents of adding a gender-neutral option to state identification documents say it would remove a form of discrimination against nonbinary people by providing them with the means to carry identification that matches their identity. 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places. 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
For all things, even Celestial Luminaries, much more atmospheric meteors, have their rise, their culmination, their decline. 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:
Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.
Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat. 2006, St. John Ambulance, First on the Scene: Student Reference Guide, →ISBN, Lesson 2, page 3:
The only object ... showing the signature of N₂ in their spectra is Sedna. 2021, Stern, Moore, Grundy, Young & Binzel, editor, The Pluto System after New Horizons, page 38:
There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
As if I were their well-acquainted friend […] c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], line 1172:
‘I mean ... if somebody made a mistake,’ Harry went on, ‘and let something slip, I know they didn’t mean to do it. It’s not their fault,’ he repeated, again a little louder than he would usually have spoken. 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (quoted edition: London: Bloomsbury, 2008, →ISBN, page 93):
I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand. 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 112:
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(plural)) · rup (a) lor (belonging to them (plural)) · pt seu (belonging to them (plural)) · ia lor (belonging to them (plural)) · sv sitt (n) (belonging to them (plural)) · it le loro (belonging to them (plural)) · th ของเขา (belonging to them (plural)) · nb sin dems (belonging to them (plural)) · hy իրենց (belonging to them (plural)) · mi tō rāua (belonging to them (plural)) · fo hjá sær (belonging to them (plural)) · fi niitten (belonging to them (plural)) · rsk їх (belonging to them (plural)) · uk їх (belonging to them (plural)) · haw kā lākou (belonging to them (plural)) · vo omsik (belonging to them (plural)) · yo wọn (belonging to them (plural)) · ur ان کا (belonging to them (plural)) · fr leurs (belonging to them (plural)) · it il loro (belonging to them (plural)) · cmn 她們的 /她们的 (belonging to them (plural)) · ga a (belonging to them (plural)) · no sin (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · de ihr (belonging to them (plural)) · be іх (belonging to them (plural)) · tli has du (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -ük (belonging to them (plural)) · la earum (belonging to them (plural)) · la harum (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -e (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · sk svoj (belonging to them (plural)) · pam karela (belonging to them (plural)) · ceb nila (postposed) (belonging to them (plural)) · is háns (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · ko 그들의 (belonging to them (plural)) · la suus (belonging to them (plural)) · ru их (belonging to them (plural)) · cmn 他們的 /他们的 (belonging to them (plural)) · cop ⲡⲟⲩ (belonging to them (plural)) · nb deres (belonging to them (plural)) · es su (belonging to them (plural)) · pam ila (belonging to them (plural)) · mi ō rāua (belonging to them (plural)) · de siere (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · ja 彼らの (belonging to them (plural)) · xcl նոցա (belonging to them (plural)) · gd an (belonging to them (plural)) · rom lenqo (belonging to them (plural)) · grc αὐτῶν (belonging to them (plural)) · arz ـهم (belonging to them (plural)) · la illarum (belonging to them (plural)) · nl hun (belonging to them (plural)) · yue 他們的 /他们的 (belonging to them (plural)) · mi ā rāua (belonging to them (plural)) · hy նրանց (belonging to them (plural)) · rm lur (belonging to them (plural)) · fy har (belonging to them (plural)) · ar ـهُنَّ (belonging to them (plural)) · fi hänen (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · ca llur (belonging to them (plural)) · zu -zo (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -uk (belonging to them (plural)) · sw -ake (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · eo ilia (belonging to them (plural)) · fa ـشان (belonging to them (plural)) · tl kanila (preposed) (belonging to them (plural)) · fy harren (belonging to them (plural)) · es sus (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · sv sina (belonging to them (plural)) · be і́хны (belonging to them (plural)) · is sitt (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -ja (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · io lia (belonging to them (plural)) · is sinn (belonging to them (plural)) · gl súa (belonging to them (plural)) · cop ⲧⲟⲩ (belonging to them (plural)) · vo ona (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · ka იმათი (belonging to them (plural)) · de ihre (belonging to them (plural)) · nn sin (belonging to them (plural)) · haw ko lāua (belonging to them (plural)) · zu -yo (belonging to them (plural)) · ro lor (belonging to them (plural)) · nan-hbl 𪜶 (belonging to them (plural)) · he שלהם (belonging to them (plural)) · fi niiden (belonging to them (plural)) · tr onların (belonging to them (plural)) · ar ـهُمْ (belonging to them (plural)) · fi heidän (belonging to them (plural)) · ist luri (belonging to them (plural)) · sk ich (belonging to them (plural)) · yue 佢哋嘅 (belonging to them (plural)) · gd aca (belonging to them (plural)) · it i loro (belonging to them (plural)) · gl seus (belonging to them (plural)) · ast sos (belonging to them (plural)) · ka მათი (belonging to them (plural)) · ast so (belonging to them (plural)) · fo hjá teimum (belonging to them (plural)) · lv viņu (belonging to them (plural)) · wa leu (belonging to them (plural)) · ar ـهُمَا (belonging to them (plural)) · is þeirra (belonging to them (plural)) · la eorum (belonging to them (plural)) · vo onik (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · pt seus (belonging to them (plural)) · it la loro (belonging to them (plural)) · mr त्यांचे (belonging to them (plural)) · zu -zo (belonging to them (plural)) · ky алардын (belonging to them (plural)) · sv hens (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · vo ofsik (belonging to them (plural)) · mr त्यांचा (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -jük (belonging to them (plural)) · cy ei (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · tl nila (postposed) (belonging to them (plural)) · sco thair (belonging to them (plural)) · la illorum (belonging to them (plural)) · bg те́хен (belonging to them (plural)) · it loro (belonging to them (plural)) · is sín (belonging to them (plural)) · got 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -je (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · uk ї́хній (belonging to them (plural)) · grc ἐκείνων (belonging to them (plural)) · grc τούτων (belonging to them (plural)) · lou yê (belonging to them (plural)) · sv sin (c) (belonging to them (plural)) · si ඔවුන්ගේ (belonging to them (plural)) · cy eu (belonging to them (plural)) · grc τῶνδε (belonging to them (plural)) · sl njíhov (belonging to them (plural)) · mt tagħhom (belonging to them (plural)) · grc σφέτερος (belonging to them (plural)) · be і́хні (belonging to them (plural)) · hu -juk (belonging to them (plural)) · vi của họ (belonging to them (plural)) · fo teirra (belonging to them (plural)) · vo onsik (belonging to them (plural)) · mr त्यांची (belonging to them (plural)) · de sier (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · hu -a (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · cop ⲛⲟⲩ (belonging to them (plural)) · ppl in- (belonging to them (plural)) · ceb ila (preposed) (belonging to them (plural)) · no hens (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · da deres (belonging to them (plural)) · az onların (belonging to them (plural)) · ar لَهُم (belonging to them (plural)) · mi ā rātau (belonging to them (plural)) · fo sín (belonging to them (plural)) · dsb jich (belonging to them (plural)) · da sin (belonging to them (plural)) · gd am (belonging to them (plural)) · cs jejich (belonging to them (plural)) · ro săi (belonging to them (plural)) · gl súas (belonging to them (plural)) · bg им (belonging to them (plural)) · io lua (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) · rom lenqi (belonging to them (plural)) · ru ихний (belonging to them (plural)) · mi tā rātau (belonging to them (plural)) · km របស់គេ (belonging to them (plural)) · nn deira (belonging to them (plural)) · rom lenqe (belonging to them (plural)) · la horum (belonging to them (plural)) · egy W:Z2 (belonging to them (plural)) · yi זייער (belonging to them (plural)) · mi ō rātau (belonging to them (plural)) · ka თავიანთი (belonging to them (plural)) · ro sale (belonging to them (plural)) · fur lôr (belonging to them (plural)) · pl ich (belonging to them (plural))
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *þaizǭ
Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (þaiʀo /þaizō/)
Old Norse þeirader.
English their
From Old Norse þeira, þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Meanings
(alt-of, contraction, misspelling) Misspelling of they’re.