fincer

fincer

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (fiinçer). From Old Galician / Old Portuguese fĩir + -escer, or alternatively through a Vulgar Latin *fīniscō, *fīniscere, *fīnēscō, *fīnescēre. Doublet of fenecer.

Verb

fincer (first-person singular present finzo, first-person singular preterite fincín, past participle fincido)

1. (archaic, transitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to finish, end
   • 1396, A. Cabana Outeiro (ed.), 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 (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, finar

Related terms

• fiir
• finar
• findar

References

• “fiinçer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fiinçer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “finç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.