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 කිරිය, n, gram. intransitive verb, අකර්‍මක ක්‍රියාව.

අ කර්‍මක, a. inoperative, inactive, inert, ක්‍රියානො කරන; gram. intransitive, neuter (verbs).

අ කර්‍මක ක්‍රියාව, n. gram. intransitive verb.

අ කර්‍මකාකාරයෙන්, ad. (ආකාරයෙන්), inoperatively, gram. intransitively.

අ ක්ෂමාව, n. impatience, intolerance, නොඉව සිල්ල.

අ ක්ෂාන්තිය, n. non-forbearance, impatience, නොඉවසිල්ල.

අ ඛණ්ඩනීයතාව &c., n. state of being unbreakable, indestructibility, irrefrangibility, කඩ කළ or කැඩිය නොහැකි ස්වභාව.

අ චිර, a. brief, transient, ලුහුඬු, නොපවතින.

අ ඥ, a. ignorant. See අඥාන.

අ ඥාන, a. ignorant, unwise, stupid.

අ ඥාන ගෝචර, a. accordant with folly, suitable for or accepted by the ignorant, foolish.

අ ඥාන ගෝචරය, n. what folly or ignorance approves, foolish thing.

අ ඥානකම, n. ignorance, stupidity.

අ ඥානයා, n. ignorant or unlearned or foolish person, dolt, නූගතා, මෝඩයා.