Translation of "paldan" into English

[ewî paldabû li ser piştêye: he had lain down on his back.] /[wan kevira usa ser hev da pal dabûn, hev mehkem girtibûn û erdê da çûbûn, ku tu hêz nikaribû wana ji cî bileqine: those rocks were leaning against one another in such a way, held each other so tightly and had lodged themselves [lit. gone] [so deeply] into the earth that no force could budge them.]