No. 474 in Serbian
поповић
"Поповић" is a Serbian surname meaning "son of a priest."
In a sentence
Поповић је одличан професор историје.
Popović is an excellent history teacher.
Here, Поповић is used as a surname of a person, commonly applied to teachers or professionals.
Чуо сам да у улици Поповић има нови ресторан.
I heard there is a new restaurant on Popović Street.
In this sentence, Поповић represents a street name, showing a toponymic or locational usage.
Јуче сам се срео с Поповићем у парку.
Yesterday, I met Popović in the park.
Here, Поповић is used with a grammatical suffix to indicate an instrumental case for the surname, demonstrating the effects of Serbian grammatical cases.
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