youres

Middle English

Alternative forms

• yours, youris, yourys, yowres, yowris, yowrys, yourez, yurs, ȝoures, ȝoures, ȝouris, ȝourys, ȝowres, ȝowrs, ȝowris, ȝowrys, ȝowers, ȝores, ȝures, ȝuris, ȝhurs, eowræs

Etymology

From youre +‎ -es.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːris/, /ˈjiu̯ris/
• IPA^(key): /juːrz/

Pronoun

youres (nominative ye)

1. Second-person plural genitive pronoun: yours (plural).
2. (formal) Second-person singular genitive 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.

Synonyms

• youren

Descendants

• English: yours

References

• “youres, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 May 2018.