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 කම් බස්. a. disobedient, unmanageable, අකී කරු.

අ කමැති, a. for අ කැමති: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined, averse.

අ කල් පොලිය, n. interest in advance, discount.

අ කල්‍ය කාරක, a. producing disease, morbific, රෝග උපදවන.

අ කීකරු, a. disobedient, insubordinate.

අ කීකරුකම, n. disobedience, insubordination.

අ කීකරුකම්කරනවා, v. to act disobediently.

අ කීකරුවා, n. mas. disobedient or insubordinate person.

අ කීකරුවෙනවා, v. i. to become disobedient, to disobey.

අ කීර්‍තතිය, n. dispraise, disgrace, infamy, අපකීර්‍තතිය.

අ ඛ්‍යාතිය, n. obscurity, අප්‍රසිඬකම; disrepute, infamy, අපකීර්‍තතිය.

අ ගති, n. pl. or a. evil dispositions; evil, ill-natured, surly, morose, resentful, perverse.

අ ගති රහිත, අ ගති විරහිත a. without bad disposition, right-minded, ingenuous, dispassionate, impartial.

අ ගතිය, n. bad disposition, ill-nature, ill-will, crookedness, perversity.