Finite verb

Traditionally, a finite verb (from Latin: finitus, past participle of finire – "to put an end to, bound, limit") is the form "to which number and person appertain",^: 125 in other words, those inflected for number and person. Verbs were originally said to be finite if their form limited the possible person and number of the subject.

A more recent concept treats a finite verb as any verb that heads a simple declarative sentence. Under that newer articulation, finite verbs often constitute the locus of grammatical information regarding gender, person, number, tense, aspect, mood, and voice. Finite verbs are distinguished from non-finite verbs, such as infinitives, participles, gerunds etc., which generally mark these grammatical categories to a lesser degree or not at all, and which appear below the finite verb in the hierarchy of syntactic structure.