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 කුත්සිත, a. uncensured, unreproached, නිවරදි, not despised, respectable, නම්බුකාර.

අ ගම්‍ය, a. that ought not to be approached; inaccessible, unattainable, ළංවිය නොයුතු or නොහැකි.

අ ධන, අ ධනි, a. debitute of riches. සම්පත් නැති, impecunious, penniless, දිළිඳු.

අ නින්‍දිත, a. unreproached, blameless, unimpeachable, ‍‍දොස්තබානැති, නිදොස්.

අ පරි ක්ෂිපත, a. (අ priv., පරි, around), unsurrounded, unintrenched, වටලානැති.

අ පස්වාදිය, n. diboyalty, treachery, perfidy, ද්‍රෝහිකම.

අ පොහොසත්කම, n. lack of riches, ධනනැති කම, poverty, දිළිඳුකම; incompetency &c., inability, බලනැතිකම &c.

අ ලගන, a. detached, unconnected, not touching, නොබැඳි, යාබදනැති.

අ වය වාදියා, n. one who teaches අවය (non-duality or monism). monist.

අ වාරිත, a. unrestrained, unchecked. unimpeded, වළක්වානැති.

අ විවාහක,අ විවාහිත, a. unmarried, single, celibate, maiden or bachelor, කසාද නොබැඳපු.

අ විවාහකයා, n. mas. bachelor, celibate.

අ විශ්වාසික , a. treacherous, ද්‍රෝහි, untrustworthy &c.: see අවිශ්වාස.

අ සං ගත, a. lit. not gone with: unattached, detached, disunited, disconnected, incoherent, එකතු නැති, සන්ධිනැති, අසම්බන්ධ, ගැළපී නැති.