finçer

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

fiinçer

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century in texts restricted to Galicia. From earlier fĩir (att. 13th c.), from Latin fīnīre.

Verb

finçer

(transitive or pronominal, Old Galician) to finish, end
Synonyms: acabar, finar
- 1396, A. Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 110:
  ano pasado domini Mo CCCo XCo quinto que se fijnseu o postremo día de dezenbro
  last year, AD M CCC XC fifth, which ended the last day of December
- 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 109:
  Et despoys senpre viueu rreligiosamente et fijnçeu sua vida en paz.
  And after this he always live religiously and ended his life in peace

Conjugation

Conjugation of finçer

gerund		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
infinitive				finçer
gerund		simple		finçendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		finçudo, finçido		finçudos, finçidos
		feminine		finçuda, finçida		finçudas, finçidas
present participle				finçente		finçentes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	finço	finçes	finçe	finçemos	finçedes	finçen
	imperfect	finçia	finçias	finçia	finçiamos, finçíamos	finçiades, finçíades	finçian
	preterite	finçi, finçin	finçeste, finçiste, finçesche, finçische, finçeche, finçiche	finçeu, finçeo, finçio, finçiu	finçemos	finçestes	finçeron
	pluperfect	finçera	finçeras	finçera	finçeramos, finçêramos	finçerades, finçêrades	finçeran
	future	finçerei	finçerás	finçerá	finçeremos	finçeredes	finçerán
	conditional	finçeria	finçerias	finçeria	finçeriamos, finçeríamos	finçeriades, finçeríades	finçerian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	finça	finças	finça	finçamos	finçades	finçan
	imperfect	finçesse	finçesses	finçesse	finçessemos, finçêssemos	finçessedes, finçêssedes	finçessen
	future	finçer	finçeres	finçer	finçermos	finçerdes	finçeren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	finçe, finçi	—	finçamos	finçede	—
negative		—	finças	—	finçamos	finçades	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		finçer	finçeres	finçer	finçermos	finçerdes	finçeren
¹ teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Related terms

fiir
finar

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fiinçer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “finçer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiinçer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega