Names of the days of the week the "first day". This convention is also found in some Austronesian languages whose speakers were converted to Christianity by European missionaries. In Slavic languages, some of the names correspond to numerals after Sunday: compare Russian "vtornik" "Tuesday" and "vtoroj" "the following", "chetverg" "Thursday" and "chetvertyj" "the fourth", "pyatnitsa" "Friday" and "pyatyj" "the fifth"; see also the Notes. In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the cycle of the stars (). The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for "week" (which is literally translated to "star day")
Y Dydd Y Dydd Y Dydd (established by Samuel Roberts in 1868) was a weekly liberal Welsh language newspaper that was distributed in North Wales. 'Y Dydd' contained general political and religious news and opinions. The paper briefly merged with 'Tyst Cymreig' to form 'Tyst a'r Dydd'; however, it reverted to 'Y Dydd' a year later. In 1954, 'Y Dydd' merged with 'Corwen Chronicle and Border Advertiser'. In 1992, 'Y Dydd' again became a separate publication. 'Y Dydd' was published by William Hughes. Associated titles: Tyst Cymreig (1870); Tyst a'r Dydd (1871); Corwen Chronicle and Border Advertiser (1954); Y Dydd a'r Corwen