laillisille

Laillisille is the allative plural form of the Finnish adjective laillinen, meaning legal, lawful, or legitimate. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify for number and case. When the noun is plural and in the allative case (marking direction toward or for something), the adjective takes the form laillisille. Therefore, laillisille is used before a plural noun in allative, as in laillisille toimijoille (“to the legitimate operators”) or laillisille viranomaisille (“to the lawful authorities”).

Usage and nuance: The word appears primarily in formal, administrative, or legal texts. It signals that the entities referred to are recognized as legitimate by law, policy, or established practice, or that a service, obligation, or designation is directed toward those entities. While laillinen can contrast with laiton (illegal) in everyday language, laillisille emphasizes legitimacy within a legal or regulatory framework.

Examples: Palvelut on suunnattu laillisille toimijoille. Tukimuodot on tarkoitettu laillisille järjestöille. Lainsäädäntö asettaa vaatimukset laillisille viranomaisille annettaville tiedoille.

Notes: Laillisille is one of several allative forms built from laillinen; its exact form depends on number and the noun it accompanies. In ordinary speech, laillinen is common, while laillisille appears more often in official wording when specifying recipients or targets in the allative sense.