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Value no-fin

Infinitive, participle, gerund are implicitly non-finite forms.

fin=no-fin
D e s c r i p t i o nE x a m p l e s
finite verbsMarco sa giocare/inf   bene a pallone
Marco, giocando/ger   a pallone, si tiene in forma
Marco, avendo amato/part   il gioco del pallone, ...

The encoding of this feature in the lexicon, hence, can be seen as redundant.