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