*වි·නාශක, වි·නාශකර, වි·නාශදායක, a. (වි emp.), destroying, destructive, consuming, noxious, ruinous, causing or bringing destruction, නාස්තිකරන, නාස්තික.

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 ගර්හිත, a. not reviled or dishonoured or despised, අගෞරව කරනලද.

අ ගරුකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, treat disrespectfully, &c., අවනම්බුකරනවා.

අ ගෞරවකරනවා, v. (dat.) to do dishonour to, dishonour, treat disrespectfully.

අ ගෞරවය, n. disrespect, dishonour, disgrace.

අ නියම් සර්‍ව නාමය, n. gram. indefinite pronoun.

අ ප්‍රාණික, a. gram. neuter (nouns), නපුංසක.

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

අ පෝෂණ, අ පෝෂ්‍ය, a. innutritious, not nourishing, අසාර (කෑම). E. S.

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

අ මානනය, n. disrespect, dishonour, අවමාන්නය.

අ සම්මානිත, a. unhonoured, ගෞරව නොලත්.

අඩව්ව, n. a special dance indicating the person honoured, somersault.

අධෝ ඩිම්බකෝෂ යෝගය, n. bot. hypogynous insertion.