ammuksien

Ammuksien is a form encountered in Finnish linguistics as a genitive plural variant of the noun ammukset, which means ammunition, shells, or cartridges. In standard Finnish, the more common genitive plural of ammukset is ammusten. Ammuksien is thus considered a less common, regional, or historical variant rather than the default form used in contemporary writing.

Usage and meaning

Ammuksien is used to express possession or association with multiple ammunition items, in constructions such as ammuksien valmistus (the manufacture of ammunition) or ammuksien varastointi (storage of ammunition). Its sense aligns with other genitive plural forms that indicate belonging or relation to a plural noun.

Linguistic context

Finnish nouns that end in -ukset often form their genitive plural in -usten or -usten, but regional or historical pronunciation patterns can produce variations like -ien. Ammuksien exemplifies how such alternations can appear for specific words. The choice between ammuksien and ammusten typically reflects register, dialect, or source text rather than a change in core meaning.

See also

Ammukset, Ammus, Finnish grammar, Genitive case in Finnish, Finnish dialects.

Note

For contemporary standard Finnish, ammusten is the preferred genitive plural form when referring to “of ammunition.” Ammuksien may appear in older sources, regional speech, or as a historical/orthographic variant.