hires

See also: Hires, hi-res, and híres

English

Noun

hires

plural of hire

Verb

hires

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)

Third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun: hers
Synonyms: hire, hiren

Descendants

English: hers
Scots: hirris, hiris

			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
dual³	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
	3rd-person	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

Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hires

plural of hire (“wages”)