urhea (“brave, courageous”) + -illa. Adopted by Kotikielen Seura in 1886; it is not known who adapted the word to its modern meaning (one likely possibility is August Ahlqvist), as it had already existed in the folk language with the sense "to act recklessly".
urheilla
| Inflection of urheilla (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | urheilen | en urheile | 1st sing. | olen urheillut | en ole urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | urheilet | et urheile | 2nd sing. | olet urheillut | et ole urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | urheilee | ei urheile | 3rd sing. | on urheillut | ei ole urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | urheilemme | emme urheile | 1st plur. | olemme urheilleet | emme ole urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | urheilette | ette urheile | 2nd plur. | olette urheilleet | ette ole urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | urheilevat | eivät urheile | 3rd plur. | ovat urheilleet | eivät ole urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | urheillaan | ei urheilla | passive | on urheiltu | ei ole urheiltu | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | urheilin | en urheillut | 1st sing. | olin urheillut | en ollut urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | urheilit | et urheillut | 2nd sing. | olit urheillut | et ollut urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | urheili | ei urheillut | 3rd sing. | oli urheillut | ei ollut urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | urheilimme | emme urheilleet | 1st plur. | olimme urheilleet | emme olleet urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | urheilitte | ette urheilleet | 2nd plur. | olitte urheilleet | ette olleet urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | urheilivat | eivät urheilleet | 3rd plur. | olivat urheilleet | eivät olleet urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | urheiltiin | ei urheiltu | passive | oli urheiltu | ei ollut urheiltu | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | urheilisin | en urheilisi | 1st sing. | olisin urheillut | en olisi urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | urheilisit | et urheilisi | 2nd sing. | olisit urheillut | et olisi urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | urheilisi | ei urheilisi | 3rd sing. | olisi urheillut | ei olisi urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | urheilisimme | emme urheilisi | 1st plur. | olisimme urheilleet | emme olisi urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | urheilisitte | ette urheilisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte urheilleet | ette olisi urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | urheilisivat | eivät urheilisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat urheilleet | eivät olisi urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | urheiltaisiin | ei urheiltaisi | passive | olisi urheiltu | ei olisi urheiltu | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | urheile | älä urheile | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | urheilkoon | älköön urheilko | 3rd sing. | olkoon urheillut | älköön olko urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | urheilkaamme | älkäämme urheilko | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | urheilkaa | älkää urheilko | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | urheilkoot | älkööt urheilko | 3rd plur. | olkoot urheilleet | älkööt olko urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | urheiltakoon | älköön urheiltako | passive | olkoon urheiltu | älköön olko urheiltu | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | urheillen | en urheille | 1st sing. | lienen urheillut | en liene urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | urheillet | et urheille | 2nd sing. | lienet urheillut | et liene urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | urheillee | ei urheille | 3rd sing. | lienee urheillut | ei liene urheillut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | urheillemme | emme urheille | 1st plur. | lienemme urheilleet | emme liene urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | urheillette | ette urheille | 2nd plur. | lienette urheilleet | ette liene urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | urheillevat | eivät urheille | 3rd plur. | lienevät urheilleet | eivät liene urheilleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | urheiltaneen | ei urheiltane | passive | lienee urheiltu | ei liene urheiltu | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | urheilla | present | urheileva | urheiltava | |||||||||||||||||
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past | urheillut | urheiltu | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | urheillessa | urheiltaessa | agent4 | urheilema | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | urheilematon | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | urheillen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | urheilemassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | urheilemasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | urheilemaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | urheilemalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | urheilematta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | urheileman | urheiltaman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | urheileminen | |||||||||||||||||||
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urheilla