අ ප්‍රලම්බ, a. not pendent, එල්ලීනැති; not dilatory or delaying, not tardy, expeditious, ප්‍රමාදනැති, කඩිනම්.

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 වාච්‍යාකාරයෙන්, ad. unmentionably &c., නොකියයුතු ලෙස &c.

අති හාසය, n. excessive laughter, loud laugh, අධික සිනාව, තදින් සිනාසීම.

අතරට, post. into the midst, amongst.

අඳුන, n. E. of අජන; antimony, cosmetic, collyrium; eyesalve; lampblack.

අනඟ සැර, n. pl. Cupid's arrows, of which there are five.

අලක, n. E. of ආලේඛ්‍යය: picture, a drawing or painting, සිතියම.

අධෝ කුහර පූර්‍වාස්ථිය, n. (පූර්‍ව අස්ථිය), anat. the share-bone, යටිබඩේ ඇටය.

අම ගඳ, n. unpleasant smell, the smell of raw meat, දුගඳ, ආමගන්ධය.