n.
Pronunciation: s after voiceless consonants other than s, sh, ch; z after vowels and voiced consonants other than z, zh, j; ə z after s, sh, ch, z, zh, j
Function: noun suffix or pronoun suffix
Etymology: Middle English -es, -s, genitive singular ending, from Old English -es; akin to Old High German -es, genitive singular ending, Greek -oio, -ou, Sanskrit -asya
― used to form the possessive of singular nouns <boy 's >, of plural nouns not ending in s <children 's >, of some pronouns <anyone 's >, and of word groups functioning as nouns <the man in the corner 's hat> or pronouns <someone else 's >