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 කර්‍තෘක, a. without an agent, gram. impersonal, කර්‍තෘකෙනෙක් නැති.

අ කර්‍ම, අ කර්‍ම ශීලි, a. without occupation, inactive, idle, අලස; demeritorious, කුසල් නැති.

අ ක්ෂීර, a. without milk, milkless, කිරිනැති.

අ ක්‍රෝධ, a. without anger, non-malicious, ක්‍රෝධ නැති.

අ කාම, a. without desires or lust, passionless, කෙලෙස් නැති, රාග නැති.

අ ඛ්‍යාත a. without fame, obscare, unknown, කීර්‍තතිනැති, අප්‍රසිඬ.

අ ගති රහිත, අ ගති විරහිත a. without bad disposition, right-minded, ingenuous, dispassionate, impartial.

අ ගුණ කියනවා, v. (with ගැන or gen.) speak evil of, asperse, defame, bander.

අ ඝෝෂ, a. without sound, noiseless; gram. quiescent, mute, silent, නිශ්ශබ්ද.

අ ච්ඡිද්‍ර, a. (ඡිද්‍රය hole), without hole, සිදුරක් නැති, uninjured, sound, faultless, පලුදුනැති.

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

අ ජාත ශත්‍රැ, n. one without an enemy, King Yudhishthira, යුධිෂ්ඨීර රජ.

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

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