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 ස්වරිත, a. unaccented; unarticulated. E.S.

අනුද්‍රත්ත, a. (අන් priv., උද්‍රත්ත), unaccented, or grave (accent).

අනුද්‍රත්තය, n. grave accent.

උදාතනය, n. the accent, accented sound, ප්‍රධානශබ්දය.

ප්ලවය, n. jumping, leaping, පැනීම, plunging, galloping, පිම්මේ යාම; swimming, පීනිම, diving, කිමිදීම; raft, float, පහුර; long accent or protraction of a sound or sentence; declivity, පල්ලම; 36th year of the Indian cycle of sixty.

ස්වර·නගනවා, v. to enunciate, pronounce, articulate: ස්වරනගා කියනවා, to accent.

ස්වරය, n. sound, tone, accent, ශබ්දය, E. S.; voice, කටහඬ; vowel, ප්‍රාණාක්‍ෂරය.

ස්වරිත, a. (ස්වර් to sound), sounded, articulated, accented; pitched as a note; ශබ්දකරනලද.

ස්වරිත·ලකුණ, n. sign of the circumflex accent.

ස්වරිතය, n. circumflex accent, circumflex. E. S.