finì

See also: fini, finí, finî, and fíni

Italian

Verb

finì

  1. third-person singular past historic 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, 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.
  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

  • fini
  • finiddu
  • finiddura

References

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