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 කම් කිරිය, n, gram. intransitive verb, අකර්‍මක ක්‍රියාව.

අ කමැති, a. for අ කැමති: unwilling, reluctant, disinclined, averse.

අ කර්‍කශ, a. not severe, not harsh, mild, මෘදු.

අ කර්‍තෘක ක්‍රියාව, n. impersonal verb or action.

අ කර්‍මක, a. inoperative, inactive, inert, ක්‍රියානො කරන; gram. intransitive, neuter (verbs).

අ කර්‍මක ක්‍රියාව, n. gram. intransitive verb.

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

අ කිටනතාව, n. destitution, poverty (often voluntary), &c.; කිසිත් නැතිකුම, &c.

අ කුප්‍යය, n, (කුප්‍ය base metal), unalloyed metal, viz. gold or silver, රන් රිදී.

අ ගති, n. pl. or a. evil dispositions; evil, ill-natured, surly, morose, resentful, perverse.

අ ගති ගමන, n. perverse course, inauspicious journey or event; evil or perverted judgment or decision.

අ ගතිය, n. bad disposition, ill-nature, ill-will, crookedness, perversity.

අ ගද, a. E. of අගාධ: very deep, ගැඹුරු.

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