tsjerkfaar

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West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tsjerke (church) +‎ faar (father), ultimately from Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.

Noun[edit]

tsjerkfaar c (plural tsjerkfaars)

  1. Church Father (authoritative early Christian author)

Further reading[edit]

  • tsjerkfaar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011