dying, before death, deathbed
bed, couch, sickbed, deathbed
bier, funeral bier
На сме́ртном одре́ он попроси́л меня продолжа́ть тебе писать.
On his deathbed he asked me to continue writing to you.
Де́душка при сме́рти.
The grandfather is on his deathbed.
На сме́ртном одре́ Том прости́л Мэри.
Tom forgave Mary on his deathbed.
Старик лежал на смертном одре и молчал.
The old man lay on his deathbed and kept silent.