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

අ මර්‍ෂණ, අ මර්‍ෂවත්, a. unresigned, impatient, hasty, passionate, නොඉවසිලි, කිපෙන.

අ සං කල්පිත, (for අසඬකල්පිත &c.), a. undesigned, unintentional, අදහස් නොකරනලද.

අ ළාමක, a. not childish, ළාමක නොවන; not insignificant, සුළුපටුනොවන.

අංග වෛකෘත්‍යය, n. distortion, contortion, gesture; (thereby) a sign, සංඥා ක්‍රියාව.

අඩයාළම, n. T., mark, sign, emblem, සලකුණ.

අණු ක්ෂුද්‍ර. a. atomically small, minute, ඉතා සියුම්; insignificant, සුළු.

අත හන, n. signature, අත්සන.

අත හන්කරනවා, v. t. to sign, අත්සන්කරනවා.

අත් සන, n. signature.

අත්සන්කරනවා, අත්සන්දමනවා, v. t. to sign by writing one's name, put signature to.

අදහස්කරනවා, v. to design, purpose, intend, (to do).

අධමකම, n. lowness, &c., insignificance, පහත් කම, &c., සුළුකම.

අධ්‍යාශය, n. (අධි ආශය), intention, design, purpose, motive, අදහස.