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 කමැති, a. for අ කැමති: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined, averse.

අ කර්‍මක, a. inoperative, inactive, inert, ක්‍රියානො කරන; gram. intransitive, neuter (verbs).

අ කර්‍මකතාව, n. inactivity, &c., inertia.

අ කුශල, a. demeritorious, කුසල්නැති; unhappy, කාලකණ්ණි; inexpert, අසමර්‍ථ.

අ ගදය, n. drug, medicine, බෙහෙත.

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

අ ගුණ, a. void of goodness, churlish, ill-natured, evil; inefficacious; unwholesome, noxious.

අ ගුණතාව, අ ගුණය, n. evilness, ill-nature; inefficacy &c. See adj,

අ ගෝචර, a. imperceptible (to the senses), නො දැනෙන; not pertinent, irrelevant, unsuitable, අදාළනැති.

අ චාපල්‍යය, n. fixedness, steadiness, ස්ථීරකම; equilibrium, නිශ්චලය.

අ චේෂ්ට, a. inert, inactive, ක්‍රියානොකරන.

අ ජීවකවම, අ ජීවතාව, n. ugliness, &c., විරූපකම, මහත් අවලක්ෂණකම.

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 තීක්ෂණ, a. not sharp or fine, blunt, dull, obtuse, තියුණුනැති, මොට්ට.