අ ගර, a. disrespectful, irreverent, uncivil, impudent; low, base, ගරුනැති.

අන්ධක, n. name of a country, king, sage &c.

අර්‍ධ චන්ද්‍රයා, n. half moon, crescent, අඩහඳ; anything of that shape, as the crescents on peacocks' feathers or tail &c., අඩ හඳ හැඩය.

අත් ගුණය, n. efflcacy of the hand, by which some doctors are said to make their medicines effective.

අනවතග්ග, a. P. (අනවත, අග්ග end), endless, අනවතග්ගය.

අ ලබ්ධික, a. unsectarian. E. S.

අල්වනවා, v. t. to seize &c: see අල්ලනවා.

අ නාථ පිණ්ඩක, අ නාථ පිණ්ඩික, a. giving alms to the destitute, charitable, දන්දෙන; ep. of a B. noble who was a contemporary of Buddha.

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 ්.

අක් කිත්ත, අක් කිනිත්ත, n. (අක් ඉත්ත), terminal catkin or sprig.