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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contractions.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (after voiceless consonants except /s/, /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/) enPR: s, IPA(key): /s/
• (after a sibilant or affricate)
  • (UK) enPR: ĭz, IPA(key): /ɪz/
  • (US) enPR: ĭz, əz, IPA(key): /ɪz/, /əz/
  • (General Australian) enPR: əz, IPA(key): /əz/
• (elsewhere) enPR: z, IPA(key): /z/
• Homophone: -s

Verb[edit]

's (clitic)

1. Contraction of is. The dog's running after me!
2. Contraction of has. The dog's been chasing the mail carrier again.
3. (proscribed, dialectal, Southern US) Contraction of was. It's a beautiful day yesterday so I's at the park.
4. (informal) Contraction of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words). What's he do for a living?What's it say?Where's the n in Javanese come from?
5. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) are (used mainly after where, here, and there). Where's the table tennis balls?

See also[edit]

• 'd, ’d
• 'll, ’ll
• 'm, ’m
• 're, ’re
• 've, ’ve

Pronoun[edit]

's (clitic)

1. Contraction of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives). What are you guys waiting for? Let's go!

Determiner[edit]

's

1. (poetic) Contraction of his.

   Duncan's in 's grave

Conjunction[edit]

's

1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that"). All's he wanted was to go home.

Adverb[edit]

's (not comparable)

1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as.
   • 1922, E. F. Benson, Negotium PerambulansHe takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening.

Bavarian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unstressed form of des.

Pronoun[edit]

's

1. it (nominative and accusative)
2. this, that

See also[edit]

Article[edit]

's n

1. the

See also[edit]

Bavarian articles

1) higher, formal register

Etymology 2[edit]

Unstressed form of se.

Pronoun[edit]

's

1. she
2. they, them

See also[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

’s

1. Contraction of se.

Declension[edit]

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

Usage notes[edit]

• 's is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with vowel.

  Si us plau, calmi's. ― Please calm down.

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Article[edit]

's

1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. accusative singular neuter

Alternative forms[edit]

• z (Luserna)

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

's

1. (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)

References[edit]

• “'s” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /s/

Prefix[edit]

’s

1. Contraction of des. Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.
2. Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin.
3. Used to construct a noun phrase which indicates a genitive (quality, possession or origin) ’s werelds beste reisbestemming — the world’s best travel destination’s werelds mooiste zeereis — the world’s most beautiful sea voyage

Usage notes[edit]

As ’s is still conceptualized as a contraction of des, it is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 's Morgens regent het. (It rains in the morning.)

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /əs/, /s/

Adverb[edit]

's

1. Clipping of eens.

German[edit]

Article[edit]

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

Pronoun[edit]

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.

See also[edit]

• -'s

Irish[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

’s

1. Contraction of is (“and”).

Particle[edit]

’s

1. Contraction of is (“is”).

Noun[edit]

’s

1. Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /s̪/ (after a back vowel sound)
• IPA(key): /ʃ/ (after a front vowel sound)

Verb[edit]

's

1. Contraction of is (“is”).

Conjunction[edit]

's

1. Contraction of is (“and”).

References[edit]

• “'s” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC, page 478.

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