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 කල්‍ය, a. unwell, unhealthy, morbid, අසනීප; faulty. දොස්සහිත.

අ ජරාවාස, a. (ආවාස dwelling), undecaying, &c., ජරාවාසයක් නැති. See අජර.

අ පරි පූර්‍ණ, a. not well filled, unfilled, incomplete, පූර්‍ණ නැති, අසම්පූර්‍ණ.

අ වර්‍ණ, n. pl. the vowels අ and ආ: අයන්න, ආයන්න.

අ විහය, n. name of the twelfth Brahma world.

අ සංවාසික, a. not dwelling together, expelled (as a priest from co-residsnce), outcast, පහ කරනලද.

අ සනීප, a. unwell, ill; unhealthy.

අග මිණ, n. the most precious gem or jewel, chief gem.

අඩ තෙළෙස, n. thirteen minus half, twelve and a half, දොළහමාර.

අඩස්සිය, n. imprisonment (see හිරඅඩස්සිය); constriction, tightness, shortness (of breath), stoppage, stricture, obstruction, (of the bowels).

අඩිය, n. the base, bottom; footstep, step; step of ladder; foot of twelve inches; fig. step, degree.

අඩුක් වෙනවා, v. i. to pack or fit well together.

අත් පිස්නා කඩ, අත් පිස්නාව, n. napkin, towel.

අත්‍යලංකෘත, a. well decorated or beautified, ලක්ෂණලෙස සරසනලද.