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 කමනීය, a. undesirable, unpleasant, unenvi able, අප්‍රසන්න.

අ කමැති, a. for අ කැමති: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined, averse.

අ කර්‍මණ්‍ය, a. not to be done, improper, අකටයුතු; inactive, dormant. See අකර්‍මක.

අ ක්ෂෝභය, n. firmness, සවිය; post to which an elephant is tied, elephant post, ඇත්කණුව.

අ කෘතානුකූල, අකෘතානුකූල්‍ය, a. (අනුකූල), irresponsive, unaccommodating, not compliant.

අ ගෝචර, a. imperceptible (to the senses), නො දැනෙන; not pertinent, irrelevant, unsuitable, අදාළනැති.

අ චේලකයා, n. naked religious mendicant, නග්න සන්නාසියා..

අ ජීවකයා, n. one who has killed (his passions), viz. naked H. mendicant. whose nakedness is supposed to prove it.

අ ඥ, a. ignorant. See අඥාන.

අ ඥාන, a. ignorant, unwise, stupid.

අ ඥාන ගෝචර, a. accordant with folly, suitable for or accepted by the ignorant, foolish.

අ ඥානයා, n. ignorant or unlearned or foolish person, dolt, නූගතා, මෝඩයා.

අ ත්, a. elephant, pert, to elephants; immense, මහත්, ගජ.

අ තිර, a E. of අස්ථිර: unstable, inconstant, ස්ථිරනැති, චපල.