Popisu

Popisu is a grammatical form of the noun popis found in several South Slavic languages, including Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian. The primary meaning of popis is a census, enumeration, inventory, or registry. As a concept, a popis typically involves collecting official data about people, households, or resources to support demographic, social, and economic statistics, policy planning, and administration.

In linguistic terms, popisu is the locative singular form of popis (and also the dative singular in some declension patterns), used after certain prepositions or in expressions that indicate location or reference. For example, in phrases like u popisu stanovništva, the form popisu marks the locative context “in the census.” The word is commonly encountered in official documents, statistical reports, and media discussions related to census exercises and their outputs.

Etymology traces popis back to the Slavic root related to listing or describing, with the prefix po- contributing to the sense of a completed or thorough action. The concept and its terminology are widely used across countries that share these languages, often in formal contexts such as government statistics, planning, and research.

See also: Census, Population census, Inventory, List, Opis.