degenerate

Noun

Singular degenerate

Plural degenerates

1. a person who loses all moral values <> mutumin banza, marasa kunya ko imani, lalatacce/lalatacciya.

   He became a degenerate after becoming a junkie and losing his moral values.

   Those drug addicts and degenerates on the street corner should not be allowed near children.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) degenerate

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) degenerates

Past tense (ya wuce) degenerated

Past participle (ya wuce) degenerated

Present participle (ana cikin yi) degenerating

1. Degenerate is to break down, to crumble, erode. <> ɓalbalce, lalace.

   His daughter has degenerated. <> 'Yar sa ta ɓalbalce.

   She was a junkie and her health degenerated day by day.