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 කාරක, a. inoperative, quiescent. See අකර්‍මක.

අ ඝෝෂ, a. without sound, noiseless; gram. quiescent, mute, silent, නිශ්ශබ්ද.

අ චල, a. motionless, quiescent, still, steady, stable, නිශ්චල, නොසෙල්වෙන.

අ නියම්, a. indeterminate, contingent, indefinite, vague, anomalous, eccentric.

අ නීච, a. not vile, decent, reputable, respectable, නීච නැති.

අ පන්නකය, n. the first descent or incarnation of Buddha.

අ වාතිතික, a. incommunicative, reticent, reserved. E. S.

අ විවෘත, a. unopened, ඇරී නැති; unexpanded, පිපීනැති, undeveloped, unmanifest, ප්‍රකාශ නැති; bot. indehiscent, ඉබේම නොඇරෙන.

අ ශික්ෂිත, a. untaught, untrained, පුහුණුවක් නැති; නොහික්මුණු; indecent, filthy, disgusting, කැත, පිළිකුල්, col. අසික්කිත.

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

අක්ෂ බීජ බන්ධනය, n. bot. axile placenta, බීජ නැට්ට.

අඩ සඳ මුව, n. horn of the crescent moon; arrow, ඊය.

අඩ සඳ, අඩ හඳ, n. half-moon, crescent moon.

අඩ හඳ පනාව, n. half-moon comb, crescent-shaped comb.