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

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual 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.
⁴ Sometimes 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”)