අ මෝඝ දෘෂ්ටියා, n. mas. person of sound views, unerring or infallible person.

අණවරණයා, n. See අ‍ටවරණයා.

අත මිට, n. hand and fist; fig. means of living, sufficiency, වත්කම.

අශ්ව වාහනය, n. horse-car, horse-carriage, අශ්ව කරත්තය.

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 ලබ්ධික, a. unsectarian. E. S.

අන්වාධේය, n. (අනු ආධේය), after-dowry, viz. property given by the husband's family to his wife after marriage, අනු දායාදය.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතාව, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ඨානන්තරය, n (අග්‍ර අමාත්‍ය:) premiership, ප්‍රධාන අමාත්‍යකම.

අත්තානු දිඨීය, (අත්ත self, අනු with, දිඨීය P. of දෘෂ්ටිය), one's own arbitrary view or religion, free-thinking.

අ දෘඪතාව, n. softness, &c., plasticity.