Word.ws English Dictionary

lie down in Arabic

اِسْتَلْقَى istalqā

lie down in Arabic: اِسْتَلْقَى (istalqā), اِضْطَجَعَ (iḍṭajaʕa). In English, lie down means to assume a horizontal position.

Arabic words for lie down

assume a horizontal position
اِسْتَلْقَى istalqā, اِضْطَجَعَ iḍṭajaʕa

English meaning of lie down

  1. verb To assume a horizontal position.
  2. verb A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
  3. verb To be lazy or remiss.
  4. verb To submit passively.

Full definition of lie down

lie down in a sentence

  • Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
  • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
  • I'm not going to lie down and take this!

lie down in other languages

Questions about lie down in Arabic

What is the meaning of lie down in Arabic?
Lie down in Arabic is اِسْتَلْقَى (istalqā), اِضْطَجَعَ (iḍṭajaʕa).
ما معنى كلمة lie down؟
Lie down: اِسْتَلْقَى (istalqā), اِضْطَجَعَ (iḍṭajaʕa).
What does lie down mean in English?
Lie down means to assume a horizontal position.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lie down (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-lie down.wav.

Cite this page: “lie down meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/lie_down. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.