අනේක ස්වරූපතාව, n. multiformity &c., ස්ව රූප බහුලකම.

අමන, v. adj. pres. of අමනවා: blowing, ගසන (හුළඟ).

අසුන් හැරි, n. messenger, පණිවිඩකාරයා.

අබි මුවෙහි, post. or ad. in the presence of: in front: ඉදිරිපිට.

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 ්.

අප යානය, n. (අප away, යානය going), going away, අහක්ව යාම, retreat, flight, පලායාම.

අ ප්‍රති කූල, a. unopposing, unopposed, විරුඬ නැති.

අන්සල්, n. pl. of අන්සල, and adj. unshaken, firm, නොසෙල්වෙන, අචල.

අ කනිඨ, අ කනිෂ්ඨ, a. not inferior or younger, elder, eldest, superior.

අනු කර්‍ෂණයකරනවා, v. t. to draw, attract, allure, entice, ඇදගන්නවා, අටිවඩනවා.