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 පොලිය, n. interest in advance, discount.

අ කාම, a. without desires or lust, passionless, කෙලෙස් නැති, රාග නැති.

අ කිරිය, n. (අ priv., කිරිය deed), resultlessness, impracticalness.

අ කුත්සිත, a. uncensured, unreproached, නිවරදි, not despised, respectable, නම්බුකාර.

අ කුසල, n. demerit; misfortune or affliction. as the result of demerit in a former existence, අවාසනාව.

අ කෘතානුකූල, අකෘතානුකූල්‍ය, a. (අනුකූල), irresponsive, unaccommodating, not compliant.

අ ගති, n. pl. or a. evil dispositions; evil, ill-natured, surly, morose, resentful, perverse.

අ ගර, a. disrespectful, irreverent, uncivil, impudent; low, base, ගරුනැති.

අ ගරුකම, n. disrespectfulness, &c., ගරුනැතිකම.

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 චල බඩු, n. pl. immovables, fixtures.

අ චාර්‍ය්‍ය, අ චාර්‍ය්‍යමාණ, a. unrestrainable, irresistible, වළක්වන්ට බැරිවු.