Middle English edit

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Etymology edit

From your +‎ -es.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːris/, /ˈjiu̯ris/
  • (Late ME) IPA(key): /juːrz/

Pronoun edit

youres (nominative ye)

  1. Second-person plural possessive pronoun: yours (plural).
  2. (formal) Second-person singular possessive pronoun: yours (singular).
  3. Used determinatively with a plural referent: your.
    • 1475, Brome Abraham and Isaac:
      I schall mvltyplye ȝowrys botherys sede As thyke as sterrys be in the skye.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Descendants edit

  • English: yours

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