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West Frisian
Etymology
From tsjerke (“church”) + faar (“father”), ultimately from Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.
Noun
tsjerkfaar c (plural tsjerkfaars)
- Church Father (authoritative early Christian author)
Further reading
- “tsjerkfaar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011