# yours
## English
### Alternative forms

* your's (archaic, now mis-spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your +‎ -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)z/, /jʊəz/, (unstressed) /jəz/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
* (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA: /jɔɹz/, /jʊɚz/, /jɝz/, (unstressed) /jɚz/
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* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
* Homophone: yaws (in some non-rhotic accents)

### Pronoun

yours (plural yours)
* That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
    If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
    Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
    Are all these socks yours?
    The socks of yours are a bit niffy. (double possessive)
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
* (informal) Your house or home.
    Let's go over to yours.
* Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
    Yours sincerely,  Yours faithfully,  Yours,  Sincerely yours,

#### Usage notes

* In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms.

#### Synonyms

* yourn (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia)

#### Derived terms

* beg yours
* both of yours
* I don't fancy yours
* truly yours
* up yours
* what's yours
* wouldn't touch with yours
* you and yours
* you'll get yours
* yours ever
* yours trulies
* yours truly
* you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

#### Translations

Alabama: chisnooli
Arabic: لَكَ m (laka), لَكِ f (laki) (belonging to one person)
Egyptian Arabic: لك (lik), بتاعك m (betaʕak), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtak), بتوعاك pl (betoʕak) (owner is male), لك (liki), بتاعك m (betaʕik), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtik), بتوعاك pl (betoʕik) (owner is female)
Azerbaijani: səninki
Belarusian: твой (tvoj)
Bikol Central: saimo (bcl) (before a noun), mo (bcl) (after a noun)
Bulgarian: твой (tvoj)
Chickasaw: chimmi'
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲕ m (phōk), ⲑⲱⲕ f (thōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲫⲱ m (phō), ⲑⲱ f (thō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)
Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲕ m (pōk), ⲧⲱⲕ f (tōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲡⲱ m (pō), ⲧⲱ f (tō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)
Crimean Tatar: seniñ
Dutch: het jouwe, de jouwe, van jou
Egyptian: (pꜣy.k m), (tꜣy.k f), (nꜣy.k pl) (owner is male), (pꜣy.ṯ m), (tꜣy.ṯ f), (nꜣy.ṯ pl) (owner is female)
Finnish: sinun (fi), Teidän (fi) (formal)
French: le tien (fr) m, la tienne (fr) f, les tiens (fr) pl, les tiennes (fr) f pl
Galician: teu m, teus m pl, túa f, túas f pl
German: deiner (de)
Greek: (familiar forms) δικός σου (el) m (dikós sou), δικιά σου f (dikiá sou), δική σου (el) f (dikí sou), δικό σου (el) n (dikó sou), δικοί σου (el) m pl (dikoí sou), δικές σου (el) f pl (dikés sou), δικά σου (el) n pl (diká sou), (formal forms) δικός σας (el) m (dikós sas), δικιά σας f (dikiá sas), δική σας (el) f (dikí sas), δικό σας (el) n (dikó sas), δικοί σας (el) m pl (dikoí sas), δικές σας (el) f pl (dikés sas), δικά σας (el) n pl (diká sas)
Hungarian: (informal) tiéd (hu), tied (hu), (formal) öné (hu), magáé (hu)
Icelandic: þinn (is)
Interlingua: tue
Italian: tuo (it) m, tua (it) f, tuoi (it) m pl, tue (it) f pl (informal), Suo m, Sua f, Suoi m pl, Sue f pl (formal)
Karakalpak: seniki
Latvian: tavs, tavējs, tavējais, jūsu (polite), jūsējs (polite), jūsējais (polite)
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (siningge)
Mazanderani: تنی (teni)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ᠴᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (činuki)
Mongolian: чинийх (činiix)
Polish: twój (pl) m, twoja f, twoje n, twoji pl
Portuguese: (o) teu m, (o) seu m
Romanian: al tău (ro) m, a ta (ro) f, ai tăi m pl, ale tale (ro) f pl
Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj)
Spanish: tuyo (es) sg, (formal) suyo (es)
Swedish: din (sv) c, ditt (sv) n, dina (sv) pl
Tuvan: сээңии (seeñii)
Vietnamese: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
Yakut: эйиэнэ (eyiene) :
Arabic: لَكُمَا m or f (lakumā) (belonging to two persons), لَكُم m (lakum), لَكُن (ar) f (lakun) (belonging to many persons)
Egyptian Arabic: ليكو (liko), بتاعكو m (betaʕko), بتاعتكو f (betaʕetko), بتوعكو pl (betoʕko) (many owners)
Azerbaijani: sizinki
Belarusian: ваш (vaš)
Bikol Central: saindo (bcl) (before a noun) nindo (bcl) (after a noun)
Bulgarian: ваш (vaš)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲧⲉⲛ m (phōten), ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ f (thōten), ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ pl (nouten) (many owners)
Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲧⲉⲛ m (pōten), ⲧⲱⲧⲉⲛ f (tōten), ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ pl (nouten) (many owners)
Crimean Tatar: siziñ
Dutch: het uwe, de uwe, van jullie
Egyptian: (pꜣy.ṯn m), (tꜣy.ṯn f), (nꜣy.ṯn pl)
Finnish: teidän (fi), Teidän (fi) (formal)
French: les vôtres (fr) pl, les vôtres (fr) f pl
Galician: voso m pl, vosa f, vosos m pl, vosas f pl
German: Ihres (de)
Greek: δικός σας (el) m (dikós sas), δικιά σας f (dikiá sas), δική σας (el) f (dikí sas), δικό σας (el) n (dikó sas), δικοί σας (el) m pl (dikoí sas), δικές σας (el) f pl (dikés sas), δικά σας (el) n pl (diká sas)
Hungarian: (informal) tiétek (hu), tietek (hu), (formal) önöké (hu), maguké (hu)
Icelandic: ykkar (is)
Interlingua: vostre
Karakalpak: siziki
Latvian: jūsu, jūsējs, jūsējais
Manchu: ᠴᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (ceningge)
Mazanderani: شمنی (šemeni)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: таных (tanyx)
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (tanuki)
Polish: wasz (pl) m, wasza f, wasze n, wasi (pl) pl
Portuguese: (o) seu m, (o) vosso m
Romanian: al vostru (ro) m, a voastră f, ai voștri m pl, ale voastre f pl
Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
Spanish: vuestro (es) pl, (formal) suyo (es)
Swedish: er (sv) c, ert (sv) n, era (sv) pl
Tuvan: силернии (silernii)
Vietnamese: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: các ông, các bà, các anh, các cô, các chị, chúng mày, các em, etc.)
Yakut: эһиэнэ (ehiene) :
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### See also

| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our |
| second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | singular | archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) |
| second person | plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | plural | colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | y'allselves | y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed) |
| second person | plural | informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) |
| third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
| third person | singular | feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits |
| third person | singular | genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's |
| third person | plural | plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “yours”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Middle English
### Pronoun

yours
* Alternative form of youres