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 කලංක, a. unpolluted, spotless, stainless, clean, pure, නිර්‍මල, පිරිසිදු.

අ කුදුනුව, n. curtain, screen, veil, තිරය.

අ ගබ්හ සෙය්‍යාව, n. freedom from re-incarnation, state attained by Rahats through B. observances.

අ ගම්‍ය, a. that ought not to be approached; inaccessible, unattainable, ළංවිය නොයුතු or නොහැකි.

අ චලය, n. quiescence, නිශ්චලය (see අචලතාව); mountain, කන්ද.

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 ධ්‍රැව, a. unfixed, unstable, ස්‍ථිර නැති; uncertain, අනුමාන; unabiding, නොපවතින.

අ නියත, a. unrestrained (see අසංයත): undetermined, uncertain, අ නියම.

අ නිශ්චිත, a. uncertain, indeterminate, undecided, contingent, අනුමාන.

අ නිශ්චිතතාව, n. uncertainty, doubtfulness, අනුමානකම.

අ නිශ්චිතිය, n. uncertainty, contingency, අනුමානය, අනියමය.

අ නිශ්‍වය, n. uncertainty, what is uncertain, අනුමානය.

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

අ පන්නක, a. (අ off, පන්නක fallen), heretical, මිථ්‍යාමතික; certain, සන්තක.