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 කර්‍කශ, a. not severe, not harsh, mild, මෘදු.

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

අ ගර, a. disrespectful, irreverent, uncivil, impudent; low, base, ගරුනැති.

අ ඝටමාන, a (අ priv., ඝට් to unite), disjointed, incoherent. E. S.

අ චණ්ඩ, a. not severe or savage, gentle, රෞද්‍ර නොවන, මෘදු.

අ චින්තිත. a. unthought of, unconsidered, කල්පනානූණ.

අ ජටාකාසය, n. (ජට crowded, thick, ආකා සය), unclouded sky, clear sky, serene sky, වලාකුල් නැති අහස.

අ ජිත, a. unconquered, පරාජයනූණ; unsurpassed, අනධික. E. S.

අ තන් ගුණය, අ තදගුණය, අත ගුණය, n. (අ priv., තදගුණය), gram. external attribute, viz. non-inherent attribute or attainment, as එතරවුණ, who has crossed or attained.

අ දම, a. unrighteous, අධර්‍මමිෂ්ඨ; heretical, මිථ්‍යාදෘෂ්ටි.

අ නඩු පොලිය, n. illegal interest, usury.

අ නත, a. unbent, erect, unbending, rigorous, වකුටුනැති, නැමිනැති, නොනැමෙන.

අ නිලයා, n. Æolus, god of the wind: there are 49 minor deities called අනිල;; pl. අනි‍ලයෝ.

අ පන්නක, a. (අ off, පන්නක fallen), heretical, මිථ්‍යාමතික; certain, සන්තක.