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 ක්ෂීණ, a. unwasted, undiminished, ක්ෂයනූණ, unfading, පරනොවන.

අ කුත්සිත, a. uncensured, unreproached, නිවරදි, not despised, respectable, නම්බුකාර.

අ කෘත, a. not done, unaccomplished, නොකළ.

අ ගම්‍ය, a. that ought not to be approached; inaccessible, unattainable, ළංවිය නොයුතු or නොහැකි.

අ චේෂ්ටිත, a. unaccomplished, not done, කරලා නැති.

අ නින්‍දිත, a. unreproached, blameless, unimpeachable, ‍‍දොස්තබානැති, නිදොස්.

අ පරි ක්ෂිපත, a. (අ priv., පරි, around), unsurrounded, unintrenched, වටලානැති.

අ පරි ක්ෂීණ, a. unwasted, undiminished, unimpaired, unfading, නොපිරිහුණ, පරනොවන.

අ ප්‍රභේද, අ ප්‍ර‍‍භෙදිත, a. undivided, unseparated, undistinguished, inarticulate, ප්‍රභේදනැති.

අ ප්‍රහීණ, a. not lost, undiminished, unwasted, නැතිනූණ, හීනනූණ, අඩුනැති.

අ පුෂ්ට, a. unnourished, lean, starveling, අපෝ ෂිත, කෙට්ටු.

අ පෝෂිත, a. unnourished, underfed, lean, starveling, පෝෂිතනැති, කෙට්ටු.

අ භූෂ, අ භූෂිත, a. unadorned, unembellished, සැරසී නැති, plain, චාම්.

අ මර්‍දදිත, a. unsubdued, මැඩ නොපවත්වනලද; unpolished, rough, ඔප නගානැති.