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

අ ගබ්හ සෙය්‍ය, a. (අ priv. ගබ්හ womb, සේය්‍ය lying), free from re-incarnation.

අ ඝටමාන, a (අ priv., ඝට් to unite), disjointed, incoherent. E. S.

අ ච්ඡාදනයකරනවා, v. t. (අ priv.,ච් euphonic, ඡාදන covering), to cover, වසනවා, don, clothe, අඳිනවා.

අ චිරවතිය, n. second of the five great rivers issuing from lake Anavatatta. See අනව තත්ත විල.

අ තන් ගුණය, අ තදගුණය, අත ගුණය, n. (අ priv., තදගුණය), gram. external attribute, viz. non-inherent attribute or attainment, as එතරවුණ, who has crossed or attained.

අ ත්වාච, n. (අ priv.), non-contagious, uninfectious, බෝනොවන (රෝග).

අ ත්‍රි ලිංග, a. (අ priv.), gram. without the three genders, genderless, neuter, අලිංග.

අ තිතික්ෂු, a. (අ priv.), unresigned, impatient, නොඉවසිලි.

අ තුරිත, a. (අ priv.), not nimble, dilatory, leisurely, bow, සුනංගු, අලස.

අ තුල්‍ය, a. (අ priv.), unequal, disproportionate, අසම; unequalled, unparalleled, matchless, උපමා නැති. E. S.

අ දණ්ඩනය, n. (අ priv.), non-punishment, impunity. See දණ්ඩනය and E. S.

අ ද්‍රව්‍ය, a. (අ priv.), immaterial, spiritual, ද්‍රව්‍ය නොවන, අශරීර, ආත්මවූ.

අ ධර, a. (අ priv., ධර holding), low, inferior, the lower, පහත්, සුළුපටු.