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🧙 A Norse healer 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Gender-neutral possessive
eir

eir

9.9
A word that shows something belongs to a person without saying their gender
  • pronoun
  • /ɛɪr/
  • UK
translation icon : eir
  • If anyone forgets eir ticket, please let the organizer know.

Examples

  • Did Jordan take eir book?

  • A participant may choose to share eir thoughts during the discussion.

  • Each student should bring eir own notebook to class.

  • Alex forgot eir keys at home.

  • Each student should bring eir own notebook to class.

  • If anyone forgets eir ticket, please let the organizer know.

  • A participant may choose to share eir thoughts during the discussion.

Synonyms

zer
vseir
  • UK
9.9

A pronoun used instead of 'he' or 'she' to avoid saying a person's gender

is specifically the possessive form rather than a general pronoun

Surface Forms

eir subject case
eir object case
eir possessive determiner
eir possessive pronoun
eirself reflexive

Etymology

Eir is a modern, gender-neutral form used instead of 'his' or 'her' to show who something belongs to. A helpful way to remember eir is to think of their without the 'th', so it keeps the same idea of 'belonging to someone' for any gender.