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 කැප, a. not dedicated, unconsecrated, improper, කැපනැති.

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

අ කෞශල අ කෞශල්‍ය, a. unskilful, අසමර්‍ථ, awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, uncouth, දක්ෂ නැති.

අ ගණිත, a. uncounted, uncomputed, ගණන් නොකරනලද.

අ ගර, a. disrespectful, irreverent, uncivil, impudent; low, base, ගරුනැති.

අ ගුණ වාදි, a. censorious, uncharitable, defamatory, යමෙකුගේ අගුණ කියන.

අ ගුප්ත, a. unconcealed, open, exoteric, සැඟවී නැති, ප්‍රසිඬ.

අ චර්‍ම ඡේදිතතාව, අ චර්‍ම ඡේද්‍යය, n. uncircumcision.

අ චර්‍ම ඡේදිතයා, n. uncircumcised person.

අ චින්තිත. a. unthought of, unconsidered, කල්පනානූණ.

අ චේතන, අ චේතනික, අ චේතසික, අ චේතසක, a. destitute of mind or thought, සිහිබුද්ධි නැති; unconscious, දැනීමනැති; inanimate, lifeless, පණනැති; involuntary, involitive (mood, &c.), ඉබේ වෙන්නාවූ, අකර්‍මක.

අ ජටාකාසය, n. (ජට crowded, thick, ආකා සය), unclouded sky, clear sky, serene sky, වලාකුල් නැති අහස.

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

අ ජේය, a. unconquerable, invincible, impregnable, indefeasible, (යමෙකුට) පරාදකළ නො හැකිවූ.