අග්නි මුඛය, n. lit. fire-mouth, viz. burnt-offer ing, fire-offering, ගිනි පූජාව. Bot.

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 ්.

අධි පතියා, n. ruler, &c., master, chief, lord.

අප හාසය, n. See අපහසය.

අත්‍යධි කාරය, n. supremacy, supreme authority, ඉතා උතුම් අධිපතිකම.

අහිරාවා, n. a kind of small fish (found in fields).

අනු භාරයා, n. imitator, copier, mimic.

අග්නි භාණ්ඩ ශිල්පියා, n. pyrotechnist, ගිනිකෙළි සාදන්නා.

අනාලය, a. desireless, ආලයනැති; houseless, ගෙයක් නැති.

අව බෝධකරවනවා, v. c. to cause to understand (anything), තෝරාදෙනවා; to illumine, (සිත) පහදවනවා.