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 කම් බස්. a. disobedient, unmanageable, අකී කරු.

අ කීකරු, a. disobedient, insubordinate.

අ කීකරුකම, n. disobedience, insubordination.

අ කීකරුකම්කරනවා, v. to act disobediently.

අ කීකරුවා, n. mas. disobedient or insubordinate person.

අ කීකරුවෙනවා, v. i. to become disobedient, to disobey.

අ කෘච්ජ, a. painless, unobstructed, facile, අමාරු නැති.

අ ඛ්‍යාත a. without fame, obscare, unknown, කීර්‍තතිනැති, අප්‍රසිඬ.

අ ඛ්‍යාතිය, n. obscurity, අප්‍රසිඬකම; disrepute, infamy, අපකීර්‍තතිය.

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

අ චලතාව, අ චලත්වය, n. motionlessness, equilibrium, immobility, fixedness, &c., (see adj.) ස්ථීරකම; imperturbation, නිශ්චලකම.

අ ජෘම්භීත, a. unexpanded. unopened, unblown, පිපීනැති; nat. hist. obsolete, යටපත්වූ.

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

අ නාථ පිණ්ඩක, අ නාථ පිණ්ඩික, a. giving alms to the destitute, charitable, දන්දෙන; ep. of a B. noble who was a contemporary of Buddha.