අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.

අ කම්ප්‍ය, a. not to be shaken, immovable, නොසෙල්වෙන; impassive, stoical, උපේක්ෂක.

අ කම්පිත, a. unmoved, unshaken, stable, අච ලිත, ස්ථිර.

අ කරුණවන්ත, a. unkind, unmerciful, cruel.

අ කරුණවන්තකම, n. unkindness &c. see adj.

අ කරුණාව, n. unkindness, cruelty, see අකරුණ වන්තකම.

අ කල්‍යාණ, a. unfortunate, inauspicious, unlucky, unfavourable, අවාසනාවන්ත.

අ ක්ෂීර, a. without milk, milkless, කිරිනැති.

අ කාණ්ඩ, a. sudden, unexpected, nnlooked for, හදිසි. E. S.

අ කාරය, n. that which makes අ, viz. the letter අ.

අ කාරුණික, a. unkind, merciless, අකරුණාවන්ත.

අ කෘත හස්ත, a. (හස්ත hand), of unpractised hand, unaccustomed, unskilled, ‍නුපුරැදු, අසමර්‍ථ.

අ කෘතඥ, a. (ඥ knowing), regardless of what was done, ungrateful. E. S.

අ කෘතඥතාව, n. ingratitude, unthankfulness.

අ කෞශල අ කෞශල්‍ය, a. unskilful, අසමර්‍ථ, awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, uncouth, දක්ෂ නැති.