Sobek

Doublet of Suchus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊbɪk/, /ˈsoʊbək/

Sobek

1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.

Borrowed from Polish Sobek.

Sobek (plural Sobeks)

1. A surname from Polish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sobek is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Sobek is most common among White (96.33%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sobek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• bokes

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsobɛk]

Sobek m anim (female equivalent Sobková)

1. a male surname

• “Sobek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

• Zobek, Zoubek

From Czech Zoubek, from zoubek (“little tooth”) or Polish Sobek

• IPA^(key): /ˈzobɛk/, /ˈsobɛk/

Sobek m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sobeks or (with an article) Sobek, feminine genitive Sobek, plural Sobeks)

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.bɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɔbɛk
• Syllabification: So‧bek
• Homophone: sobek

Learned borrowing from New Latin Sobek.

Sobek m pers

1. (Egyptian mythology) Sobek (ancient Egyptian god of pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, commonly depicted with the head of a crocodile)

From sobek.

Sobek m pers

1. a male surname

Sobek f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Sobek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Sobek in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Sobek”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔbek]

Sobek m pers (female equivalent Sobeková)

1. a male surname

• “Sobek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025