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 ක්ෂීණ, a. unwasted, undiminished, ක්ෂයනූණ, unfading, පරනොවන.

අ කීකරු, a. disobedient, insubordinate.

අ කීකරුකම, n. disobedience, insubordination.

අ කීකරුවා, n. mas. disobedient or insubordinate person.

අ ච්‍යුත, n. ever-abiding one: ap. of Vishnu, විෂ්ණු.

අ චාපල්‍යය, n. fixedness, steadiness, ස්ථීරකම; equilibrium, නිශ්චලය.

අ ජර, a. undecaying, unfading, imperishable, ජරාවට නොපැමිණෙන. never growing old, මහලුනොවන.

අ ධර, a. (අ priv., ධර holding), low, inferior, the lower, පහත්, සුළුපටු.

අ ධ්‍රැව, a. unfixed, unstable, ස්‍ථිර නැති; uncertain, අනුමාන; unabiding, නොපවතින.

අ නත, a. unbent, erect, unbending, rigorous, වකුටුනැති, නැමිනැති, නොනැමෙන.

අ නාථ නාථ, a. protecting or aiding the helpless, &c., පිහිට නැත්තාට පිහිටවූ.

අ නිභූතමාන, අ නිහතමනී, a. unbending, නොනැ ‍මෙන, rigid, තද, uncondescending, යටත් පහත් නොවන, haughty, ආඩම්බර.

අ නිස, a. E. of අනිච්‍ච: transient, passing away, unabiding. See අනිත්‍ය.

අ පරි ක්ෂීණ, a. unwasted, undiminished, unimpaired, unfading, නොපිරිහුණ, පරනොවන.