Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oures.
Pronoun
oors
- ours
See also
Scots personal pronouns
|
personal pronoun |
possessive pronoun |
possessive determiner
|
| subjective |
objective |
reflexive
|
| first person |
singular
|
A, I, Ik |
me |
mysel |
mine, mines |
mine, my
|
| plural
|
we |
us, we |
oorsel, oorsels |
oors |
our
|
| second person |
singular |
standard (formal)
|
ye you, yow |
ye you, yow |
yersel yoursel |
yers yours |
yer your
|
| Insular (informal)
|
thoo |
thee |
thysel, theesel |
thines |
thy, thee, thees
|
| plural
|
ye, yese you, youse |
ye, yese you, youse theer |
yesels yoursels |
yers yours |
yer your
|
| third person |
singular |
masculine
|
he, e |
him, im |
himsel, hissel |
his, is |
his, is
|
| feminine
|
scho, she, shu |
her, er |
hersel |
hers |
her, er
|
| neuter
|
it hit |
it hit |
itsel hitsel |
its hits |
its hits
|
genderless, nonspecific (formal)
|
ane |
ane |
– |
– |
ane's
|
| plural
|
thay |
thaim |
thaimsel, thaimsels |
thairs |
thair
|
|
References
- “oors” under “our, pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.