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 නියම් සර්‍ව නාමය, n. gram. indefinite pronoun.

අ ස්මදිය, adj. pron. my, our, මගේ, අපේ.

අනු ග්‍රහය කියන‍වා, v. to pronounce the benediction.

අනුච්චාරිත, a. unuttered, unarticulated, unpronounced, ‍‍නොකියාපු. E. S.

අනුන්, pron. pl. acc. other persons, අන් අයවල්.

අනෝන්‍යයන්, pron. pl. acc. each other, one another.

අප, pron. acc. of අපි, us; used also for the gen. case, as අප රට‍ for අපේ රට.

අපගෙන්, අපෙන්, pron. abl. of අපි: from us.

අපගේ, අපේ, pron. gen. of අපි: our.

අපට, pron. dat. of අපි: to or for us.

අපි, pron. we.

අපෙන්, pron. ablative of අපි: from us.

අපේ, pron. genitive of අපි, our.

අර, adj. pron. that (in view).