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 ක්‍රාන්ත, a. not passed, not overcome, unsurpassed. E. S.

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

අ කෘත හස්ත, a. (හස්ත hand), of unpractised hand, unaccustomed, unskilled, ‍නුපුරැදු, අසමර්‍ථ.

අ ගර්හිත, a. not reviled or dishonoured or despised, අගෞරව කරනලද.

අ ග්‍රත්ථිත, a. not composed or woven or strung, ලියා or වියා or අමුණා නැති; unorganized, inorganic. E. S.

අ චර්‍ම ඡේදිතයා, n. uncircumcised person.

අ ජිත, a. unconquered, පරාජයනූණ; unsurpassed, අනධික. E. S.

අ ජීවකයා, n. one who has killed (his passions), viz. naked H. mendicant. whose nakedness is supposed to prove it.

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 නීමින්ත ඵල, n. pl. lit. and fig. uncaused fruits or results.

අ පක්ෂ වාදි, a. (වාදි speaking, maintaining), impartial; diboyal, opposed, විරුඬ.

අ පත්වූ, a. departed, deceased, තුරන්වූ, මැරුණු.

අ පරි ශුද්ධ, අපරිසුද්ධ, a. uncleansed, impure, unholy, අපිරිසිදු.

අ ප්‍රගුණිත, a. untrained, uneducated, unpractised, පුහුණුනැති, පුරුදුනැති.