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 කල් පලිතය, අ කාල පලිතය, n. untimely or premature greyness of the hair.

අ ඛණ්ඩනීය, අ ඛණ්ඩිතව්‍ය, අ ඛණ්ඩ්‍ය, a. not to be broken, unbreakable, indestructible, impregnable, inviolate, irrefutable, valid, කඩ කළ or කැඩිය නොහැකිවූ. E. S.

අ චින්ත්‍ය, a. inconceivable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, සිතිය or දැනගත නොහැකිවූ (දේ).

අ ජේය, a. unconquerable, invincible, impregnable, indefeasible, (යමෙකුට) පරාදකළ නො හැකිවූ.

අ ප්‍රති නාථයා, n. one without a superior, supreme or peerless one, මහෝත්තමයා.

අ පොළනවා, v. (අ for අත්) to clap hands, අත්පිඩි ගසනවා; strike, අපුල්ලනවා; pret. ඇපොළුවා.

අ භාෂ්‍ය, a. inexpressible, unutterable, කිය නොහැකිවූ.

අ භූතපූර්‍ව, a. (පූර්‍ව previous), unprecedented; wonderful: see අපූර්‍ව.

අ මර ගුරු, n. ap. of Brihaspati preceptor of the immortals, viz, of the gods, බෘහස්පතියා.

අ යෝඬ්‍ය, a. (අ priv., යුධ් to fight), not to be warred against, impregnable. E. S.

අ රූප ධර්‍මය, n. B. bodiless state or the four mental states, viz. sensation, perception, apprehension, knowledge.

අ වචනීය, a. unspeakable, inexpressible, unutterable, ineffable, කිය නොහැකිවූ, කිය නො හැකිතරම්.

අ වාචනික, a. (අ priv., වාචනික expressing), inexpressive, inexplicit, පැහැදිලි නැති. E. S.

අ වාසි, a. disadvantageous, prejudicial, involving loss.