hires

See also: Hires, hi-res, híres, and Híreš

English

Noun

hires

1. plural of hire

Verb

hires

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hire

Anagrams

• -shire, Hersi, Hiser, Sheri, Shier, Shire, heirs, reish, shier, shire

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hire +‎ -es.

Alternative forms

• hyres, hirs, hyrs, hirres, hyrres, heres, hers, hereys, heores, hures

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiris/
• (Late Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈhirz/

Pronoun

hires (nominative sche)

1. Third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun: hers

   Synonyms: hire, hiren

Descendants

• English: hers
• Scots: hirris, hiris

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “hires, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hires

1. Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hires

1. plural of hire (“wages”)