hires

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

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

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
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

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

alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hires

plural of hire (“wages”)