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 ්.

අෂ්ට, a. or n. eight, අට.

අංගුලි චර, a. digitigrade. See අංගුලිවරයා.

අනු රූපතාව, n. similarity; fitness, compatibility, &c.

අ සාම්‍යතාව, අ සාම්‍යය, n. dissimilarity &c., සමානනැතිකම.

අතුල්, a. of අතුල: pert. to the palm of the hand.

අම්බර ගෝචරයා, n. bird, කුරුල්ලා.

අ ස්ථිර චේතසක, a. fickle-minded, irresolute, චපලසිත් ඇති.

අදහස්කරනවා, v. to design, purpose, intend, (to do).

අනු ප්‍රඥපතිය, n. extra precept or institute, අධික නියෝගය.