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 කර්‍තෘක, a. without an agent, gram. impersonal, කර්‍තෘකෙනෙක් නැති.

අ කුටිල. a. ingenuous, unfeigned, upright, honest, අවංක.

අ කුටිලත ව, n. ingenuousness, &c., honesty, අවංකකම.

අ කෝප්‍ය, a. not irritable, ‍කෝප‍නොවන, gentle, pacific, mild, මෘදු.

අ කෝමල , a. lit. not soft or gentle: hard, rough, harsh, තද.

අ ගති රහිත, අ ගති විරහිත a. without bad disposition, right-minded, ingenuous, dispassionate, impartial.

අ ගුණ කියනවා, v. (with ගැන or gen.) speak evil of, asperse, defame, bander.

අ චණ්ඩ, a. not severe or savage, gentle, රෞද්‍ර නොවන, මෘදු.

අ ත්‍රි ලිංග, a. (අ priv.), gram. without the three genders, genderless, neuter, අලිංග.

අ දණ්ඩනාවසරය, n. (අවසරය), R. C. grant of impunity, indulgence, පූර්‍ණඵලය.

අ නියමය, n. something undecided, contingence, නියමනැති දෙයක්.

අ නියම්, a. indeterminate, contingent, indefinite, vague, anomalous, eccentric.

අ නියම්කම, අ නියම් භාවය, n. contingency &c., informality.

අ නිශ්චිත, a. uncertain, indeterminate, undecided, contingent, අනුමාන.