Здравствуйте Сергей, Serge Nesterovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DE> In the Hebrew calendar, only Shabbat (Saturday) has a name; the rest of > DE> the days are numbered. In Russian and Portuguese, most of the day names > DE> are numeric. > It's wrong information. > In Russian NO one days of week name is numeric. > 3 of it's names are based on the numbers, > but vtornik =/= vtoroi > chetverg =/= chetveryi > pyatnitsa =/= pyatyi > Using numbers of a days where names must be used is impossible. The word "numeric" was intended to convey that some day names are based on numbers instead of, say, Norse gods. The Russian derivation of certain day names from numbers is not nearly as transparent as the Portuguese "segunda-feira." Perhaps I should have made that distinction. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
