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 පරි දේවිත, a. unlamented. E. S.

අ පරී ගෘහීත, a. unaccepted, unassented to, නොපිළිගන්නලද.

අ ප්‍ර ශාන්ත, a. unquiet, discontented, annoyed, ශාන්තිනැති, අසතුටු, හිරිහැරවූ.

අ ප්‍රවේෂ්ටව්‍ය, a. not to be entered or pervaded, impervious.

අ භූතපූර්‍ව, a. (පූර්‍ව previous), unprecedented; wonderful: see අපූර්‍ව.

අ සතුටු, a. discontented, dissatisfied, fretful, repining.

අ සතුටුකාරයා, n. discontented person, grumbler.

අ සම්මතයා, n. dissenter, non-content, recusant, එකමුතු නැත්තා.

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

අඦන, a medicinal plant, Holarrhena antidysenterica.

අති ශෝභන, a. very beautiful, very comely, very genteel, ඉතා අලංකාර or කදිම.

අති සාර, අතීසාර, a. diarrhetic, dysenteric.

අති සාරය, n. (සාරය fluid), diarrhœa, dysentery.

අතිඋඩයන්, අතිවිඩයන්, n. T., a medicinal root used for dysentery. Bot.