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 ජනිත, a. unborn, unbegotten, unproduced, නූපන්, අටනොගත්.

අ පරි පක්ව බුද්ධි, a. of immature mind, inexperienced, සිහිය දියුණුනැති, අත්නොදුටු.

අ ප්‍රණිභිත, a. unplaced, undetermined, නියම නැති; unentrusted; unobtained, ලබානොගත්; imprudent, අනුවණ. E. S.

අ භූතපූර්‍ව, a. (පූර්‍ව previous), unprecedented; wonderful: see අපූර්‍ව.

අ මර පුර නිකාය, n. Amarapura sect of Buddhists introduced into Ceylon about A. D. 1800 by Ambagahapitiya priest; the priests of this sect are in communion with priests of Burma.

අ විජනීත, a. unbegotten, unborn, unproduced: see අජනීත.

අංග ජ, a. produced by the body, ශරීරයෙන් අට ගත්, as children, hair, blood, &c.

අග්‍ර සර, a. that goes before, preceding, පෙරටුව යන; advancing, ඉස්සරහට යන.

අටගන්නවා, v. i. to germinate, spring up; be produced, arise; pret. අටගත්තා; v. n. අට ගැනීම.

අඩමාන, a. overbalanced, overweight; col. for අනුමාන.

අණ්ඩ ජ, a. produced from an egg, egg-born.

අත්දුටු, v. adj. pret. experienced, (followed by sub. or obj.)

අධි කෘතයා, n. one placed over, superintendent. E. S.

අනභ්‍යාස, a. not used, antiquated, භාවිතානැති; inexperienced, පළපුරුදු නැති.