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 විශ්වාසකම්කරනවා, v. to commit or be guilty of unfaithfulness, betray trust.

අකර, n E. of අක්ෂර: letter of the alphabet, අකුර.

අක්ෂරය, n. letter of the alphabet, අකුර; release from transmigration, ‍‍මෝක්ෂය. Bot.

අකුර, n. E. of අක්ෂර: letter of the alphabet; pl. අකුරු.

අකුරකින් විදිනවා, v. to shoot with a small stone for augury. This is done by taking stones between the two fore-fingers and projecting them against the bark and leaves of trees and then predicting coming events according to the marks made by the stones.

අකුරු මඩුව, n. shed where the alphabet or reading is taught, school, ඉස්කෝලය.

අකුරු මඬල, n. chart of the alphabet.

අතර මග, n. intervening road, road between two places.

අතරෙහි, අතරේ, post. among, amidst; between.

අත් අකුර, n. written letter of the alphabet; pl. අත්අකුරු‍: written letters, handwriting.

අත් අතුර, n. space between the arms, viz. the breast, bosom, ළැපැත්ත.

අතුර, n. intervening space, inter-space, interstice, crevice, සිදුර; interval, අතරතුර; connecting rope between coconut trees; pl. අතුරු.

අධි මාසය, n. intercalary month, consisting of the difference between the solar and lunar year; super or superior month, viz., the first of any two months that begin during one and the same sign of the zodiac.

අන්තරය, n. intermediate space; interval; අතර තුර; distance or difference (between two points &c.), දුර ප්‍රමාණය.