English

Pronoun

zir ‎(third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

1. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, coordinate with him and her.
   • 2002, Calderwood, Lynsey, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ISBN 978-1-84642-174-7, page 155:

     However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.

Derived terms

• zirs

Adjective

zir ‎(not comparable)

1. (neologism) Belonging to zir, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
   • 2002, Calderwood, Lynsey, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ISBN 978-1-84642-174-7, page 155:

     … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …

Derived terms

• zirself

Usage notes

Used with ze ‎(“gender-neutral subject, coordinate to he/she”).

Coordinate terms

• ze, zirs, zirself

Related terms

• xyr

See also

• hir

Lojban

Rafsi

zir

1. rafsi of zirpu.