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 ්.

අව ලම්බනය, අව ලම්බය, n. suspending, එල්ලා තැබීම; hanging, depending, එල්ලීම; a perpendicular, E. S.; prop, රුකුල; asylum, රක්ෂා ස්ථානය.

ආ ලම්බනය, n. lit. and fig. hanging down, එල් ලීම, depending, dependence. E. S.

ආ ලම්බිත, a. dependent, depending upon, trusting to, යමක්කෙරෙහි පිහිටා—එල්ලී—තිබෙන or සිටින. E. S.

පරායණ, a. (පර emp., අයන going), adhering to, ඇලුම්වූ, depending upon, පිහිටි; zealous, ජ්‍වලිත, engaged in, නියුක්ත.

බුද්ධා·ලම්බන·ප්‍රීතිය, n. (·ආලම්බන depending on, attached to), the pleasure connected with Buddha by meditating on him &c.