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pie eglītes sēž arī pārējie ģimenes locekļi: tēvs, māte, vēcmāmiņa ― the remaining family members - father, mother, grandmother - are sitting by the pine (= Christmas) tree
svētais tēvs ― holy father (the Catholic Pope's title)
garīgais tēvs ― spiritual father (preacher, priest, etc.)
baznīcas tēvi ― the fathers of the church (who formed the church's doctrive from the 2nd to the 8th century)
pareizticīgo garīdznieks tēvs Andrejs, vēršoties pie krieviem, lūdza atbalstīt latviešus viņu cīņā par neatkarību ― the Orthodox priest Father Andrejs, turning to the Russians, asked (them) to support the Latvians in their struggle for independence
drīz izsteidzās Olliņu tēvs pats ― soon (the) father (of the) Oliņš (family) himself hurried out
vecais Rijkuris atnāca gausiem soļiem un apstājās Natei blakus vagas galā: “jā, to es saprotu”, viņš teica; “vai ne, Rijkuru tēv, tagad te augs!” ― the old Rijkuris came with slow steps and stood next to Nate at the end of the furrow: “yes, I understand that,” he said; “don't you, father (of the) Rijkuri, now it (= plant) will grow here!”
The word tēviņš, at first a diminutive and form of endearment (“daddy”), now means “male” (animal); the term of endearment for “father” is tētiņš(“daddy”), from tētis(“father”). Note that tētis already has more emotional overtones than the more neutral tēvs.
