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 ගාධතාව, n. bottomlessness, deepness, profundity.

අ චලිත, a. unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, unruffled, නිශ්චල, ශාන්ත.

අ චේඡ්ද්‍ය, a. (අ ඡේද්‍ය), not to be cut or separated, කැපිය or වෙන්කළ නොයුතු; inseparable, indivisible,වෙන්කළනොහැකිවූ (දේ).

අ චේලකයා, n. naked religious mendicant, නග්න සන්නාසියා..

අ ජීර්‍ණ, a. indigestible undigested, ජීර්‍ණනොවන, ජීර්‍ණනූණ.

අ ජීර්‍ණකම, අ ජීර්‍ණතාව, n. indigestibleness, crudeness; indigestion.

අ ජීර්‍ණය, අ ජීර්‍ණ රෝගය, n. indigestion, dyspepsia.

අ ජීවකයා, n. one who has killed (his passions), viz. naked H. mendicant. whose nakedness is supposed to prove it.

අ තර්‍ක්‍ය, a. indisputable, incontrovertible, නි රුත්තර. E. S.

අ තර්‍ක්‍යතාව, n. indisputableness, &c.

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

අ නිභූතමාන, අ නිහතමනී, a. unbending, නොනැ ‍මෙන, rigid, තද, uncondescending, යටත් පහත් නොවන, haughty, ආඩම්බර.

අ නුවණ, a. unwise, imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious, foolish, නුවණ නැති, නුවණමද.