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Italian
Verb
finì
- third-person singular past historic of finire
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin fīnīre.
Pronunciation
Verb
finì
- to end, to finish
Neapolitan
Verb
finì
- Alternative spelling of finire
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin fīnīre.
Verb
finì
- to end, to finish
Etymology 2
From Latin fīnītus.
Adjective
finì
- done, finished
Further reading
Sassarese
Etymology
From Latin fīnīre, present infinitive of fīniō (“I finish, terminate”), derived from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).
Pronunciation
Verb
finì
- (transitive) to end, to finish, to terminate
- (transitive) to run out of, to use up, to consume
- (intransitive) to end, to come to an end, to be over
1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu porthu sottuterra [The underground harbour]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 93:Di chistha puisia
mi rimani
lu nienti d’un sigretu
chi no fini mai.- What's left to me of this poem, is the nothingness of a secret that never ends.
2009 December 23, Ignazio Sanna, “Cu la mènti a bazinédda [With a dizzy mind]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:Vizinu a me, cumènti dugna séra
addananzi a la véccia ziminèa,
ti n’isthai cun d’un fa pinsamentósu,
la faccia isthracca di la dì chi fini.- Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you are, pensively, with the tired face of the day coming to an end.
- (literally, “Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you stay with a pensive manner, the tired face of the day coming to an end.”)
- (intransitive, of things) to be no more
- (intransitive) to end up, to wind up
Usage notes
- The verb takes abé as the auxiliary in its transitive senses, and assé in its intransitive senses.
Conjugation
Conjugation of finì
infinitive
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simple
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finì
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compound
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assé or abé + past participle
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gerund
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simple
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finendi
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compound
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essendi or abendi + past participle
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past participle
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finiddu
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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eu, éiu
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tu
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eddu/edda
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noi
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voi
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eddi
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(simple tenses)
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present
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finu
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fini
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fini
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finimmu
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finiddi
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fìnini
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imperfect
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finia, finiu
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finì
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finia
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finìami
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finìaddi
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finìani
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past historic1
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finisi
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finisi
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finisi
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finìsimi
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finìsiddi
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finìsini
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future
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finiràggiu, finaràggiu
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finiré, finaré
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finirà, finarà
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finiremu, finaremu
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finireddi, finareddi
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finirani, finarani
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present indicative of abé + a finì
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future indicative of abé + a finì
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of assé or abé + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of assé or abé + past participle
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past anterior1
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past historic indicative of assé or abé + past participle
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future perfect
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future of assé or abé + past participle
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present of abé + a + assé or abé + past participle
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future of abé + a + assé or abé + past participle
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conditional
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eu, éiu
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tu
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eddu/edda
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noi
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voi
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eddi
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present
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finarìsthia, finaria
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finaristhi, finarì
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finarìsthia, finaria
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finarìsthiami, finarìami
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finarìsthiaddi, finarìaddi
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finarìsthiani, finarìani
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perfect
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present conditional of assé or abé + past participle
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subjunctive
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chi eu, chi éiu
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chi tu
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chi eddu/edda
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chi noi
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chi voi
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chi eddi
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(simple tenses)
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present
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fìnia, fìniu
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fini
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fìnia
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fìniami
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fìniaddi
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fìniani
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imperfect
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finissi, finìssia
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finissi
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finissi, finìssia
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finìssimi, finìssiami
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finìssiddi, finìssiaddi
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finìssini, finìssiani
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of assé or abé + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect subjunctive of assé or abé + past participle
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imperative
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éiu, eu
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tu
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eddu/edda
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noi
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voi
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eddi
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—
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fini, no finì
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fìnia
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finimmu
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finiddi
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fìniani
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1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect
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References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes