suru verb (precursor), intransitive verb
to lie down (in bed); to take to one's bed
Archaic intransitive verb, precursor to modern 臥する (がする). Used in classical Japanese to mean lying down, especially due to illness.
See also: 臥する
To lie down with illness.
In classical texts, it was used like '病に臥す' (to be bedridden with illness).
Archaic kanji spelling for the classical verb がす, meaning 'to lie down'.
Kana spelling for search convenience; the word itself is archaic and rarely written in modern Japanese.
A literary Sino-Japanese verb formed from 臥, “to lie down,” with the verb す.