Laukauksille

Laukauksille is a Finnish word form derived from the noun lau ka us, meaning a shot or firing. It represents the allative plural form of laukaus, and is used to indicate direction toward the shots, the firing line, or the area where shooting occurs. In practice, laukauksille appears mainly in specialized or descriptive contexts such as sport shooting, military training, or literary passages that describe gunfire or the setting of a range.

In usage, laukauksille expresses a sense of movement or position toward a place associated with shooting. For example, ampujat asettuivat laukauksille can be understood as the shooters taking their positions at the firing line. Because it is a directional form, laukauksille tends to appear with verbs of movement or placement and with phrases that specify location or proximity to the firing area. Outside of these contexts, the form is relatively rare in ordinary conversation and may sound technical or formal.

Etymologically, laukauksille combines laukaus (shot) with the suffix -lle, which marks the allative case in Finnish and conveys direction toward something. This contrasts with other case forms of laukaus, such as laukauksesta (from a shot) or laukauksia (shots, in partitive). The form laukauksille is thus primarily a positional or directional marker within its specialized usage.

See also: laukaus, laukaukset, lau kaista (to fire), Finnish cases and suffixes.