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 කාල කර්‍මය, n. untimely deed or event, mishap, ප්‍රස්තාවට නුසුදුසු දෙය, අවාසනාව.

අ ගති ගමන, n. perverse course, inauspicious journey or event; evil or perverted judgment or decision.

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

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

අ ච්‍යුත, n. ever-abiding one: ap. of Vishnu, විෂ්ණු.

අ ජර, a. undecaying, unfading, imperishable, ජරාවට නොපැමිණෙන. never growing old, මහලුනොවන.

අ ජරයා, n. one who never grows old, a god, දෙවියා.

අ නිමිෂ ලෝචන, n. pl. or a. unblinking eyes, නොපියනඇස්; having unblinking or never-closing eyes, ඇස් නොපියන, ever-wakeful, beepless, පිබිද සිටින. See අනිද්‍ර.

අ නිමිෂ ලෝචනය‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍, n. never-closing eye. constant gaze, නොපියන ඇස.

අ පටු, a. (අ priv., පටු clever), awkward, unskilful, අසමර්‍ථ.

අ මද්‍ය පානය, n, unintoxicating—non-alcoholic —beverage, මත්නොකරන පානය.

අ මෘත ජලය, n. beverage of the gods: see අමෘත පානය.

අ මෘත පානය, n. beverage of immortality, අමා පැන්.