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 කෘත, a. not done, unaccomplished, නොකළ.

අ කෘත හස්ත, a. (හස්ත hand), of unpractised hand, unaccustomed, unskilled, ‍නුපුරැදු, අසමර්‍ථ.

අ කෘතානුකූල, අකෘතානුකූල්‍ය, a. (අනුකූල), irresponsive, unaccommodating, not compliant.

අ ගම්‍ය, a. that ought not to be approached; inaccessible, unattainable, ළංවිය නොයුතු or නොහැකි.

අ චේෂ්ටිත, a. unaccomplished, not done, කරලා නැති.

අ ජෝඩුව, n. accident, mishap.

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

අ දිස්සි, a. sudden, accidental. See හදිසි, &c.

අ දෘෂ්ටය, n. something unseen, accident. See අදිස්සිය.

අ පරිචිත, a. unaccustomed to, unacquainted with.

අ පරී ගෘහීත, a. unaccepted, unassented to, නොපිළිගන්නලද.

අ ප්‍රකෘතිය, n. accidental property, non-essential. E. S.

අ ප්‍රති ගෘහණිය, a. not to be accepted, unacceptable, පිළිගැනීමට නොසෑහෙන.

අ ප්‍රාප්‍ය, a. unattainable, ප්‍රාප්තවිය නොහැකිවූ, unobtainable, ලබාගත නොහැකිවූ, inaccessible, නොපැමිණිය හැකිවූ.