Can an adjective modify a na-adjective?


I assumed not, but I saw

> 言い知れぬ甘美なもの

Translated as **"something inexpressibly sweet"** , as if 言い知れぬ modified 甘美な.
Is it just a quirk of translation and both the adjective 言い知れぬ and 形容動詞 modify
もの (that is, lit: something inexpressible and sweet), or does 言い知れぬ modify
形容動詞 here somehow?




言い知れぬ is an expression that is used like an adjective, but is actually a
**negative verb**. Basically, it's an archaic way of saying 言い知れない. In this
case, don't think of 言い知れぬ as modifying the na-adjective. Think of it as
modifying the noun which has already been modified by the na-adjective. The
"sweetness" isn't what's indescribable; the "sweet thing" is.

