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 භාව, a. non-existent, පැවැත්මක් නැති: negative, privative, නැතිබව හඟවන.

අ භාව වාචකය, n. gram. a negative, privative, නැත යන අර්‍ථ ඇති කියමන.

අග හිගකම, අග හීගය, n. extremity and scarcity, deficiency, lack, privation.

අත්, n. pl. of අත fr. හස්ත: hands, arms. For other derivations and meanings, see අත.

අදහාගන්නවා, v. t. (acc. or with කෙරෙහි) to put one's trust in (for salvation).

අන්, prefix, privative for අ before a vowel: see අ.

අන්ත්‍යාදේශය, n. (ආදේශය), the last warning, R. C. re-aggravation, අන්තිම අවවාදය.

අනාගත වාක්‍ය කියනවා, v. to foretell, prophesy, predict, vaticinate, මතු සිදුවන දේ කියන‍වා or දන්වනවා.

අනාගත වාක්‍යය, n. prediction, prophecy, vaticination, මතු සිදුවන දේ කීම, &c.

අප, prefix, signifying privation, from, away, down, bad, against.

අරක, n. E. of ආරක්ෂාව: protection, preservation.

අර්‍ථ නිරුක්තිය, n. explanation of the derivation and meaning, glossary: see අර්‍ථකථාව.

අලුත් වැඩියාව, n. mending, repair, renovation, improvement හරිගැස්සීම.

අව, prefix, signifying from, off, away, down; privation of, the opposite of, bad.