අච්චුව, n. punishment, chastisement: mould, matrix, die or stamp; model. E. S.

අ පණ්ඩිතතාව, n, illiteracy &c., නූගත්කම.

අල්පෙනෙත්ති කොට්ටය, n. pincushion.

අභ්‍යාගාරික, a. (අගාරික), domestically diligent, well domesticated.

අ පන්නකය, n. the first descent or incarnation of Buddha.

අත් වසනවා, v. to close or cover the hands; v. t. to conceal, සඟවනවා.

අලු ගිරවා, n. ash-parakeet, palœornis calthropœ.

අ පිරිසිදු, a. unclean, filthy, impure, unholy.

අනුර, අනුරේ නැකත, n. seventeenth lunar mansion; const. Libra, තුලාරාශිය.

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 ්.