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Talk:Absol (Pokémon)

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Revision as of 10:34, 28 March 2005 by Zhen Lin (talk | contribs)
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>"strongly disagree. The prefix ab- means away/from -- as in ablation, carried away, and ab initio, from the start -"

Either way, wouldn't it still be correct? The name still breaks down into lack of sun.

- Zeta

No, not quite. ab has more to do with the direction, rather than the state. Also, sol would need to be in the ablative case, instead of the nominative case. Hence, it would be ab sole, "(away) from the sun" etc.

But, I doubt that's what Absol is meant to be broken down to... I'm thinking more of a shortened form of absolve or absolute. Or maybe even ab solis, with solis being sole, as in solitary. But I'm not sure whether ab solis makes sense, let alone be relevant... - 振霖T 10:34, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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