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miez
core (the soft inside or middle of something) /ˈmjez/
noun#1691 most common
Also: crumb (of bread), kernel (of a nut), midnight (in "miezul nopții")
Example sentences
Miezul pâinii este moale.
The inside of the bread is soft.
Îmi place miezul de nucă mai mult decât coaja.
I like the walnut kernel more than the shell.
Ne-am întâlnit la miezul nopții.
We met at midnight.
În miezul verii, plajele sunt pline de oameni.
At the height of summer, the beaches are full of people.
A mers direct la miezul problemei, fără ocolișuri.
He went straight to the heart of the matter, without detours.
Dincolo de discursul său retoric, rareori ajungea la miezul adevărat al chestiunii.
Beneath his rhetorical speech, he rarely got to the true heart of the issue.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | miezul | miezurile |
| Genitive | miezului | miezurilor |
| Accusative | miezul | miezurile |
| Vocative | miezule | miezurilor |
Word family
miezos, -oasăfull-bodied, meaty, pithy (of bread, speech, or writing)
miezul nopțiimidnight
miezul zileimidday
miezul veriithe height of summer
Etymology
Miez descends from Latin medius, meaning middle. The sense narrowed from a general spatial middle to the soft inner part of bread, fruit, or nuts, and extended in time expressions like miezul nopții, midnight. The figurative use for the essential point of a matter follows the same logic: the middle is the core.
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