fenir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre.

Verb

fenir

1. Alternative form of finer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fenir			avoir feni
gerund		en fenissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fenissant
past participle		feni
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fenis	fenis	fenist	fenissons	fenissez	fenissent
	imperfect	fenissoie, fenisseie	fenissoies, fenisseies	fenissoit, fenisseit	fenissiiens, fenissiens	fenissiiez, fenissiez	fenissoient, fenisseient
	preterite	feni	fenis	feni	fenimes	fenistes	fenirent
	future	fenirai	feniras	fenira	fenirons	feniroiz, fenireiz, fenirez	feniront
	conditional	feniroie, fenireie	feniroies, fenireies	feniroit, fenireit	feniriiens, feniriens	feniriiez, feniriez	feniroient, fenireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fenisse	fenisses	fenisse	fenissons	fenissez	fenissent
	imperfect	fenisse	fenisses	fenist	fenissons, fenissiens	fenissoiz, fenissez, fenissiez	fenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fenis	—	fenissons	fenissez	—

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre.

Verb

fenir

1. to finish

   Aissi fenira ma chanso

   this is how I will finish my song

Descendants

• Occitan: finir