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 ව්‍යුත්පන්ත, a. unlearned, illiterate, නුගත්; gram. underived, native, නිෂ්පන්ත.

අත්, n. pl. of අත fr. හස්ත: hands, arms. For other derivations and meanings, see අත.

අප ක්‍රමණය, අප ක්‍රමය, n. retreat, flight, පලා යාම; going astray, wandering, මුළාවයාම.

අභි සම්භාවනය, n. rendering great honour, බො හෝ සෙයින් ගෞරවදීම.

අර්‍ථ නිරුක්තිය, n. explanation of the derivation and meaning, glossary: see අර්‍ථකථාව.

අව ‍රෝධ, a. hindering, obstructive, බාධාවූ; pert. to the harem.

අසබඩ, n. or a. border, vicinity, (of river or sea); bordering, near, adjacent, සමීප.

ආපසු·මදු, lit. reflexive creeper: bind-weed, Ipomœa tridentata, or I. angustifolia (Convol). [Pæderia Fœtida. — A.]

ආයුහනය, n. collecting, එකතුකිරීම; considering, කල්පනාකිරීම.

ඇණවුම, n. ordering, commanding, command, අණකිරීම, අණ.

කකුල් දඩ, a. wandering, vagrant, පාදඩ.

කවටකම, n. jest, ridicule, derision, quib, banter, burlesque.

කාර්‍ය්‍ය චින්තක, a. (චින්තක considering), cautions, prudent, discreet, නුවණැති, ප්‍රවේසම්.

කිරි·කෝන්, tree, Walsura Piscidia (Meli.). The bark is thrown into ponds to kill fish without rendering them unfit for food.