横おう臥が

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

lying on one's side

Formal or literary term for lying down on one's side. In everyday speech, 横になる or 横向きに寝る is more common.

• 患かん者じゃはベッドに横おう臥がしている。

  The patient is lying on their side in bed.

• 横おう臥が位いで休やすむように言いわれた。

  I was told to rest in a side-lying position.