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 කලහය, n. freedom from tumult or strife, quietude, කෝලාහල නැතිකම.

අ ක්‍රෝධය, n. freedom from anger, non-maliciousness, &c.

අ කාමතාව, n. passionlessness, freedom from all passions, කෙලෙස් නැතිකම.

අ කිටන, a. (කිටන something), destitute, necessitous, කිසිත් නැති, poor, දිළිඳු; free from all passions, කෙලෙස් නැති.

අ ගද, a. free from disease, healthy, wholesome, සනීප.

අ ගබ්හ සෙය්‍ය, a. (අ priv. ගබ්හ womb, සේය්‍ය lying), free from re-incarnation.

අ ගබ්හ සෙය්‍යාව, n. freedom from re-incarnation, state attained by Rahats through B. observances.

අ ගර්‍භ ශය්‍ය, a. free from re-incarnation. See P. අගබ්හ සෙය්‍ය.

අ චිරවතිය, n. second of the five great rivers issuing from lake Anavatatta. See අනව තත්ත විල.

අ ප්‍රති සන්ධික, a. (අ priv., ප්‍රති again, සන්ධික uniting), free from further transmigration, සසරින් මිදුණ.

අ ප්‍රසන්නකරනවා, v. t. to displease, affront, offend.

අ පිසස්, a. free from demons &c., unhaunted, පිශාචයන් or රකුසන් නැති.

අ මනාපකරනවා, v. t. to displease, affront, offend.

අ මාංස භක්ෂකයා, n. one who abstains from eating flesh, vegetarian.