On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 9:40 AM D qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
When I first read about this word, I was excited thinking that we have a word for "relative".
But if the wife of someone is his {pal'ar} too, then obviously this word can't be defined as "relative".
Why not? Spouses are relatives. That's by explicit legal definition in many US jurisdictions, and by what I think is common sense everywhere. How would one define a relative in a way that excludes a spouse, but includes in-laws?