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 කම්පා, අකම්පාල, a. unmoved, impassive, අව ලිත; Er. for sympathetic.

අ කල් පලිතය, අ කාල පලිතය, n. untimely or premature greyness of the hair.

අ කාරය, n. that which makes අ, viz. the letter අ.

අ කිරිය ච දියා, n. non-retributionist, heathen who denies future retribution.

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

අ ගෝචර, a. imperceptible (to the senses), නො දැනෙන; not pertinent, irrelevant, unsuitable, අදාළනැති.

අ චය, අ ව්තීය , a. lit. secondless, viz. the only, sole, unique, එකමවූ; non-dual; peerless, (E. S.): n. non-duality.

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 චේල, ‍අ චේලක, a. (චේල raiment), without clothes, naked, නිර්‍වස්ත්‍ර.

අ ඥාන ගෝචර, a. accordant with folly, suitable for or accepted by the ignorant, foolish.

අ තලය, n. the abyss, the under-world, a particular hell, පාතාලය.

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

අ දත්තාදානය, n. (අදත්ත not given, අදානය taking), taking what is not given, viz. larceny, theft, හොරකම.