tsjerkfaar

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

tsjerkfaar c (plural tsjerkfaars)

1. Church Father (authoritative early Christian author)

Further reading

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