finì

See also: fini, finí, finî, and fíni

Italian

Verb

finì

1. third-person singular past historic of finire

Neapolitan

Verb

finì

1. Alternative spelling of finire

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre, present infinitive of fīniō (“I finish, terminate”), derived from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈni/

Verb

finì

1. (transitive) to end, to finish, to terminate
2. (transitive) to run out of, to use up, to consume
3. (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^[1]:

     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.”)

4. (intransitive, of things) to be no more
5. (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	simple	finì
	compound	assé or abé + past participle
gerund	simple	finendi
	compound	essendi or abendi + past participle
past participle		finiddu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu, éiu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
(simple tenses)	present	finu	fini	fini	finimmu	finiddi	fìnini
	imperfect	finia, finiu	finì	finia	finìami	finìaddi	finìani
	past historic1	finisi	finisi	finisi	finìsimi	finìsiddi	finìsini
	future	finiràggiu, finaràggiu	finiré, finaré	finirà, finarà	finiremu, finaremu	finireddi, finareddi	finirani, finarani
		present indicative of abé + a finì
		future indicative of abé + a finì
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of assé or abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of assé or abé + past participle
	past anterior1	past historic indicative of assé or abé + past participle
	future perfect	future of assé or abé + past participle
		present of abé + a + assé or abé + past participle
		future of abé + a + assé or abé + past participle
conditional		eu, éiu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
present		finarìsthia, finaria	finaristhi, finarì	finarìsthia, finaria	finarìsthiami, finarìami	finarìsthiaddi, finarìaddi	finarìsthiani, finarìani
perfect		present conditional of assé or abé + past participle
subjunctive		chi eu, chi éiu	chi tu	chi eddu/edda	chi noi	chi voi	chi eddi
(simple tenses)	present	fìnia, fìniu	fini	fìnia	fìniami	fìniaddi	fìniani
	imperfect	finissi, finìssia	finissi	finissi, finìssia	finìssimi, finìssiami	finìssiddi, finìssiaddi	finìssini, finìssiani
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of assé or abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of assé or abé + past participle
imperative		éiu, eu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
		—	fini, no finì	fìnia	finimmu	finiddi	fìniani
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect

Related terms

• fini
• finiddu
• finiddura

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes